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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | A tripartite central design commemorating the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, depicting three of its core activities: a motorcyclist in action at the upper centre, a rock climber ascending a cliff face at the lower left, and a sailing dinghy under full sail at the lower right, all set against a shared landscape background with birds in flight. The three scenes are delineated by radiating lines meeting at the centre of the composition. The surrounding legend arcs along the periphery within a rope-twist border, with the founding year 1956 at the lower left and the issue year 1981 at the lower right flanking the denomination ONE CROWN. |
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| Mintage | 1981 PM - Proof - 15,000 |
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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award was founded in 1956 by Prince Philip as a structured youth development program, initially limited to boys before expanding to include girls in 1958. The Isle of Man, a Crown dependency with its own legislative assembly, has historically used commemorative crown issues as a revenue-generating tool, striking silver and base-metal variants of the same design simultaneously — hence the KM#76a designation distinguishing this .925 silver piece from its cupro-nickel counterpart.