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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Ramsey - Machin Head, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Ramsey, a town on the Isle of Man, displayed on a heraldic shield surmounted by a royal crown. The shield depicts two swans flanking a central charge with a triskelion motif, set against radiating lines in the field. The town name 'RAMSEY' appears above the shield within the legend, while 'ISLE OF MAN' arcs around the upper periphery and 'ONE POUND' along the lower periphery, all separated by raised dots. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Piedfort coins — struck at double the standard planchet thickness — were revived in Britain and the Crown Dependencies during the early 1980s as a deliberate collector strategy, not a monetary one. The Isle of Man was among the most aggressive issuers in this format, producing piedforts in silver for an expanding numismatic market that had developed real appetite for them following the Royal Mint's successful 1982 piedfort program.
The Machin effigy used here dates to Arnold Machin's 1964 portrait, adopted across multiple Crown Dependencies before the Raphael Maklouf bust superseded it in 1985 — making this issue a transitional moment in the Isle of Man's portrait sequence.