Tristan da Cunha has no airport, no scheduled air service, and sits roughly 2,400 kilometres from the nearest landmass. The territory's connection to Concorde is purely administrative — a British Overseas Territory issuing a coin for a British event. Concorde's final commercial flight was on November 26, 2003, when British Airways G-BOAF touched down at Heathrow, ending service after the combined blow of the 2000 Air France crash and post-9/11 demand collapse.
The gold plating on cupro-nickel is a production category that appeals almost entirely to the collector gift market rather than numismatists.
Tristan da Cunha has no airport, no scheduled air service, and sits roughly 2,400 kilometres from the nearest landmass. The territory's connection to Concorde is purely administrative — a British Overseas Territory issuing a coin for a British event. Concorde's final commercial flight was on November 26, 2003, when British Airways G-BOAF touched down at Heathrow, ending service after the combined blow of the 2000 Air France crash and post-9/11 demand collapse.
The gold plating on cupro-nickel is a production category that appeals almost entirely to the collector gift market rather than numismatists.