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1 Laurel - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing laureate effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her head crowned with a laurel wreath in deliberate homage to the gold Laurel coinage issued under James I in 1619. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field. The encircling legend reads H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRISTAN DA CUNHA 2019 in Latin script. |
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| Obverse lettering | H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRISTAN DA CUNHA 2019 |
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Tristan da Cunha holds the distinction of being the most remote permanently inhabited archipelago on earth — the nearest landfall is Saint Helena, itself hardly accessible, some 2,400 kilometers to the north. The island has no airstrip. Coins issued under its name are legal tender in theory, though virtually none circulate; the population of roughly 250 relies on a barter-adjacent economy and periodic supply ships.
The "Laurel" denomination revives a short-lived Stuart-era English coin last struck under James I in the early seventeenth century.