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1 Pound - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Size | 135 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing left occupies the right portion of the note, set against a fine guilloche underprint, with the Isle of Man triskelion (three-leg motif) at centre. The issuer title ISLE OF MAN GOVERNMENT is inscribed across the upper portion, with the promise-to-pay legend and treasurer's signature below. |
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| Reverse description | A finely engraved intaglio vignette of Tynwald Hill occupies the central field, rendered in violet, showing the tiered ceremonial mound with its flagpole and flag at left, a monument, St John's Church with its distinctive spire at centre-right, and rolling hills in the background. The composition is framed by an intricate Celtic knotwork guilloche border, with numeral 1 in ornamental cartouches at lower left and right corners. |
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The Isle of Man Government began issuing its own distinctive pound notes in 1961 following the decimalization preparations that would eventually reshape Sterling-area currencies. This 1979 issue came shortly after the Island moved to assert greater administrative independence in currency matters, though it maintained parity with the pound sterling throughout. Bradbury Wilkinson, by this point in their history, had decades of Crown dependency and colonial currency work behind them and handled the Isle of Man account with the same intaglio-heavy approach they applied to most British isles series.
Watermark security was still the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — no metallic strip on this issue.