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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Lake Placid Olympics, Silver
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Pobjoy Mint struck this piece for the Isle of Man to commemorate the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid — the same Games overshadowed by the U.S. boycott debate and the unexpected Soviet hockey defeat that became known as the Miracle on Ice. Pobjoy had secured a productive relationship with the Isle of Man Treasury through the 1970s, producing a stream of commemorative crown-sized issues that made the island one of the more prolific small-territory minting programs of the era.
The KM#64a designation distinguishes the silver striking from the cupro-nickel base issue (KM#64), both released simultaneously for collector and circulation markets respectively.