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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Equestrian, Gold 22ct
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Weight | 7.96 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and draped in a light mantle, as designed by Arnold Machin. The legend ISLE OF MAN arcs along the left field and ELIZABETH II along the right, with the date 1984 positioned in the lower exergue. The initials AM appear as a small mark below the truncation of the bust. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a smooth, polished field characteristic of proof-quality coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Pobjoy Mint struck this gold variant as part of a tiered series alongside silver and cupro-nickel issues, a commercial strategy the Surrey-based private mint refined through the 1970s and 80s to serve the collector and investor markets simultaneously. The Isle of Man, as a Crown Dependency outside UK parliamentary jurisdiction, gave Pobjoy unusual latitude to issue legal tender coinage with precious metal content not constrained by Royal Mint policy.
The .917 fineness matches the historic British sovereign standard, a deliberate alignment that made the piece legible to gold buyers already familiar with that benchmark.