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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Burmilla Cat
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Crown |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II adorned with the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as executed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and jewellery. The legend ELIZABETH II ISLE OF MAN arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 2008 and the engraver's initials IRB appearing in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Burmilla — a cross between a Burmese and a Chinchilla Persian — was created entirely by accident in Britain in 1981, when a Chinchilla stud cat belonging to Miranda von Kirchberg escaped and mated with her Burmese female. The Isle of Man's long-running cat crown series, launched in 1988, has become one of the more commercially deliberate coin programs in modern numismatics, targeting collectors of feline breeds rather than numismatists proper.
KM#1424 is one of dozens of varieties in the series; secondary market premiums depend almost entirely on breed popularity rather than numismatic scarcity.