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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Birth of a Princess
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Crown |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central silvered vignette depicting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) proudly presenting the infant Princess Elizabeth, born 21 April 1926. The figures are shown in formal attire, rendered in fine portrait detail against a plain field. The upper legend reads BIRTH OF A PRINCESS 1926, while the lower portion carries the royal cypher ERII and the denomination ONE CROWN, commemorating the birth year of the future Queen Elizabeth II. |
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Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory so remote — 2,787 kilometres from the nearest landmass — that its commemorative coinage program exists almost entirely for the collector market. The island's permanent population of roughly 260 people has little use for crown-sized pieces, and none of this issue entered circulation in any meaningful sense.
The coin marks the birth of Princess Charlotte in 2015 — except it was struck in 2012, anticipating a royal birth that had not yet occurred. The Pobjoy Mint produced several such speculative "Birth of a Princess" pieces across multiple territories before the actual birth was announced.