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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Slalom rowers
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicting two athletes competing in canoe slalom, shown in dynamic action with paddles extended over turbulent white water. A traditional Chinese pagoda structure is visible in the background to the upper left, evoking the Beijing 2008 Olympic setting. A Chinese character cartouche appears in the lower right field. The scene is enclosed within a decorative Celtic knotwork border. The curved legend 'OLYMPIC CHINA' arcs around the upper periphery, with the denomination 'ONE CROWN' inscribed along the lower arc. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Issued ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this piece belongs to a broader Isle of Man commemorative program that used the Crown denomination — long favored by the island's treasury for collector issues — to cover a wide range of Olympic disciplines. The Isle of Man has no Olympic team of its own; its athletes compete under British representation, making these issues purely commercial commemoratives rather than national sporting tributes.