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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Habeas Corpus Act
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Crown (1978-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TDC · 2015 |
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Tristan da Cunha's commemorative program has long issued crowns tied to British constitutional history, and this piece marks the 340th anniversary of the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 — the statute that formalized the right to challenge unlawful detention, passed after decades of monarchs imprisoning subjects without trial. The Act's passage was itself procedurally irregular: the Lords' vote count was deliberately miscounted by the Earl of Shaftesbury, with one enormously fat peer reportedly counted as ten votes to ensure the bill passed.