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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Olympics Beijing - Slalom rowers and Summer palace, silver proof issue
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Crown |
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| Obverse description | Fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, bareheaded and draped, facing right, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The portrait shows finely detailed hair and a delicate neckline treatment. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II ISLE OF MAN, with the date 2008 positioned in the lower right field. The engraver's initials IRB appear beneath the truncation. A toothed border frames the entire obverse. |
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| Mintage | 2008 PM - proof |
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The Isle of Man has issued Olympic commemoratives for nearly every Summer Games since the 1980s, operating under a commercial licensing arrangement that has made it one of the most prolific producers of such material. These are not Olympic Committee-sanctioned issues — the Isle of Man has no Olympic team of its own and competes under the British umbrella — but Pobjoy Mint, which has handled much of this production, secured independent rights to issue legal tender coinage themed to the Games.
The 2008 Beijing Games were notable for introducing canoe slalom as a permanent fixture after its rocky history — the event debuted in Munich 1972, then vanished for twenty years before returning at Barcelona 1992.