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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Norwegian Forest Cat
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Norwegian Forest Cat depicted in profile walking to the right, its head turned to face left, rendered in fine relief. A triskeles device is displayed within a shield at the top of the field, while birds in flight occupy the background. The denomination legend is inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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The Isle of Man's cat crown series, launched in 1981, was among the first ongoing annual coin programs to feature a single animal subject across successive designs — a format that proved commercially influential across Crown Dependencies throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The Norwegian Forest Cat issue of 1991 reflects the Manx Treasury's deliberate strategy of varying the featured breed each year to sustain collector demand, a policy that kept secondary market premiums modest but mintage figures consistently strong.