Issued to mark the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, this crown was one of several commemoratives released by the Isle of Man under the Pobjoy Mint contract that made the island a prolific source of collector coinage through the late 1970s and 1980s. The Manx government leaned heavily into this revenue stream, issuing crowns at a pace that drew criticism from some dealers who felt the market was being deliberately oversaturated.
Issued to mark the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, this crown was one of several commemoratives released by the Isle of Man under the Pobjoy Mint contract that made the island a prolific source of collector coinage through the late 1970s and 1980s. The Manx government leaned heavily into this revenue stream, issuing crowns at a pace that drew criticism from some dealers who felt the market was being deliberately oversaturated.