Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pound - Elizabeth II Deception Island
| Issuer | British Antarctic Territory (British Overseas Territories) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1991-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D . G . REGINA J.C 2021 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Deception Island is a collapsed volcanic caldera in the South Shetland Islands whose natural harbour, Port Foster, is entered through a narrow breach called Neptune's Bellows. Whalers exploited it from the early 19th century; the Hektor Whaling Station operated there until a 1931 eruption forced abandonment. Britain established its sovereignty claim through continuous scientific presence rather than settlement, and the British Antarctic Territory — created by Order in Council in 1962 — issues coinage partly as an instrument of that claim.
A 1969 eruption destroyed the British base at the island, ending permanent occupation.