Issued the year after the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War, this coin belongs to a long series of commemorative crowns produced by the Falkland Islands Government through the Pobjoy Mint. The islands have leveraged their mint relationship aggressively since the 1970s, producing collector-oriented silver issues far in excess of what local circulation could ever absorb.
KM#189a distinguishes the silver version from a base-metal companion strike — a common production split for this series, where the .925 silver piece targets the overseas collector market almost exclusively.
Issued the year after the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War, this coin belongs to a long series of commemorative crowns produced by the Falkland Islands Government through the Pobjoy Mint. The islands have leveraged their mint relationship aggressively since the 1970s, producing collector-oriented silver issues far in excess of what local circulation could ever absorb.
KM#189a distinguishes the silver version from a base-metal companion strike — a common production split for this series, where the .925 silver piece targets the overseas collector market almost exclusively.