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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Legend of King Arthur
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, with fine hair and drapery detail characteristic of the third definitive effigy. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper left rim, 'ISLE OF MAN' along the upper right, and '1996' appears at the lower right, with the engraver's initials 'RDM' incorporated at the truncation. The design is framed by a fine beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Isle of Man Treasury issued commemorative crowns throughout the 1990s at a pace that tested collector patience, and the Arthurian series sat squarely within that output. The Manx connection to Arthurian legend is genuinely defensible — the Irish Sea kingdom figures in several medieval tellings, and the island's Celtic heritage gives the theme more regional grounding than purely commercial commemoratives typically manage.
KM#679a denotes the silver version, struck alongside a base-metal circulation issue — a standard two-tier release strategy Pobjoy Mint employed for Isle of Man commemoratives throughout this period.