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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Charles Darwin
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB visible below the truncation. The peripheral legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II to the upper left and FALKLAND ISLANDS 2009 to the right, all in raised Latin lettering against a flat field. |
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| Reverse description | Finely detailed bust of the naturalist Charles Robert Darwin facing left, depicted in his later years with a full, flowing beard and wearing a coat with a wide lapel. The legend CHARLES R. DARWIN arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 CROWN appears in the lower field. The Pobjoy Mint mark PM is situated to the right of the bust truncation. |
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Issued in the bicentennial year of Darwin's birth, this piece commemorates the naturalist's direct connection to the Falkland Islands — he visited twice aboard HMS Beagle, in 1833 and 1834, and collected geological and biological specimens that fed into his developing theories. His notes on the islands' geology were published in his 1844 monograph on volcanic islands. The Falklands remain one of the few places in the world that can claim a verified, documented role in the intellectual journey that produced On the Origin of Species.