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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Coronation
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 26 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with an elaborate coiffure and wearing a diadem, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait is encircled by a beaded inner border, with the legend 'HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II' arcing along the upper periphery and the territorial abbreviation 'TDC' positioned to the lower right. The date '2014' appears in the lower exergual area, also set within the beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a permanent population of fewer than 300, has issued commemorative crowns since the 1970s largely as revenue-generating products for the collector market rather than instruments of genuine circulation. This 2014 piece marks the 61st anniversary of the 1953 Coronation — an odd interval that reflects scheduling around the Diamond Jubilee coinage cycle rather than any numerically significant milestone.
The .9999 gold plating over copper-nickel is a finishing technique that became widespread in the souvenir numismatic trade after the 1990s.