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1 Crown - Elizabeth II World Cup Japan-Korea, running left, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley (obverse), Norman Sillman (reverse) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a dynamic, muscular footballer in low stance running to the left, controlling a football to his right, rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. A decorative laurel wreath frames the central figure along both sides of the coin. The arc legend WORLD CUP 2002 · JAPAN - KOREA runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 CROWN is inscribed in two lines at the lower centre. The Pobjoy Mint mark (PM) appears to the lower left of the central design, beneath the wreath. |
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| Reverse lettering | · WORLD CUP 2002 · JAPAN - KOREA 1 CROWN |
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the first held in Asia and the first co-hosted by two nations — a politically fraught arrangement between Japan and South Korea that nearly collapsed multiple times during negotiation. FIFA's decision in 1996 to split hosting duties was itself a compromise born of competing bids, and tensions between the two countries over venue allocation persisted almost to kickoff.
The Isle of Man was among several small jurisdictions that issued commemorative coinage for the tournament under licensing arrangements with FIFA, a revenue stream the organization exploited aggressively throughout the 1990s and 2000s.