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1 Crown - Elizabeth II HMS Sceptre
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Crown |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a pearl drop earring and pearl necklace, with curled hair beneath a jewelled crown. The legend HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TDC runs around the upper periphery, bordered by a beaded rim, with the date 2008 positioned in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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HMS Sceptre was one of the Royal Navy's Swiftsure-class nuclear submarines, and her connection to Tristan da Cunha is operational rather than ceremonial — the island's extreme remoteness in the South Atlantic has made it a navigational reference point for vessels transiting between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans for centuries. Tristan issued a run of crown-sized commemoratives through this period largely to generate revenue, the island having virtually no other export economy following the collapse of its crayfish processing arrangements.
KM#37 is copper-nickel, the circulation-strike version, though a silver proof was issued concurrently for collector markets.