The Isle of Man has issued commemorative crowns tied to the Titanic with some justification — the ship was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and several prominent passengers had British Isles connections. Whether that justification stretches to a copper-nickel mass-market issue is a matter of collector opinion. The centenary year produced a flood of such pieces across multiple mints and issuers, with the Isle of Man Treasury among the more prolific participants.
The Isle of Man has issued commemorative crowns tied to the Titanic with some justification — the ship was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and several prominent passengers had British Isles connections. Whether that justification stretches to a copper-nickel mass-market issue is a matter of collector opinion. The centenary year produced a flood of such pieces across multiple mints and issuers, with the Isle of Man Treasury among the more prolific participants.