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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Queen Mother - Victory Visit, gold clad silver
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 1 Crown |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, pearl drop earrings, and a pearl necklace, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and ISLE OF MAN · 2000 along the right, all in raised Latin lettering within a finely reeded border. The Pobjoy Mint mark appears discreetly in the lower field below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | A commemorative scene depicting Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother alongside King George VI during their Victory Visit to the Isle of Man in 1945, following Victory in Europe. The two figures are portrayed in period dress in a dignified, celebratory composition, with the façade of the Villa Marina in Douglas rendered in the background. The upper legend reads THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE QUEEN MOTHER, with 1945 VICTORY VISIT - ISLE OF MAN and the denomination 1 CROWN inscribed in the lower field or exergue area. |
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Issued to mark the Queen Mother's ceremonial visit to the Isle of Man, this piece belongs to a broader commemorative program the Manx authorities ran aggressively through the 1990s and into the 2000s — pairing bimetallic and clad technologies with royal occasions to generate collector revenue well beyond what circulation demand could justify. The gold cladding on sterling is a relatively uncommon format, distinct from the more widely issued silver-only and cupro-nickel versions of the same type.
The Queen Mother turned 100 in August 2000, the same year this coin was struck.