1 Pound - Elizabeth II Ramsey

The Isle of Man's proliferation of £1 issues through the 1980s was deliberate policy — the Manx government licensed an unusually broad range of designs through Pobjoy Mint, producing annual variants that generated significant revenue from collectors abroad. Ramsey, the island's northern market town and main port for ferry traffic from Scotland, was one of several Manx subjects cycled through this program. Pobjoy struck these under contract, as they did virtually all Manx coinage of the period.