1 Crown - Elizabeth II Himalayan Cat, Silver Issue

The Isle of Man's annual cat crown series, running continuously since 1988, became one of the more commercially successful bullion-adjacent programs of the late 20th century — largely because collector demand, not monetary policy, drove every decision about which breed appeared each year. The Himalayan was featured in 2005, a breed that only achieved formal recognition from major cat registries in the latter half of the 20th century due to ongoing disputes about whether it constituted a distinct breed or a colorpoint variant of the Persian.

KM#1266a designates the silver variant; a copper-nickel circulation strike was issued concurrently under a separate reference.