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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Lord Nelson
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 2.95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, wearing a pearl necklace and earring, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II appears along the left field, with TDC ONE CROWN inscribed along the upper right. The date 2005 is positioned in the lower exergue, and the entire design is encircled by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II TDC ONE CROWN 2005 |
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Tristan da Cunha issued this crown to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805. The island's connection to Nelson is indirect but geographic — positioned in the South Atlantic, Tristan sits along the same ocean routes that British naval dominance, secured in part at Trafalgar, kept open for over a century. The territory has produced commemorative crowns through the Pobjoy Mint for decades, typically timed to British royal and imperial anniversaries.
KM#43 is a circulation-quality copper-nickel piece rather than a proof issue, though collector demand for Tristan coinage generally outpaces any genuine circulation on an island of roughly 250 inhabitants.