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1 Sovereign - Elizabeth II Christmas 2021
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 7.98 g |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ISLE OF MAN JC · 2021 · |
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| Mintage | 2021 - Proof - 2,021 |
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The Isle of Man has issued an almost bewildering volume of sovereign-sized bullion and commemorative pieces since the 1970s, when the Pobjoy Mint began its long relationship with the island's government — a partnership that produced more licensed numismatic output per capita than virtually any other jurisdiction its size. The Christmas sovereign series exploited a legal quirk: Man is a Crown dependency but not part of the UK, allowing it to issue coins bearing the monarch's effigy on entirely self-determined specifications and themes without reference to the Royal Mint.
KM# 2049 sits in a long run of annual Christmas issues stretching back decades, each a discrete licensing exercise rather than a monetary instrument.