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| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing uncrowned effigy of King Charles III, engraved in high relief after the portrait by Glyn Davies. The king is depicted with a bare head and wearing a suit with a visible collar and lapel. The legend KING CHARLES III arcs along the upper rim, with ISLE OF MAN continuing along the right field. The initials GD appear incuse below the truncation, and the date 2023 is inscribed in the lower exergue, flanked by raised dots. |
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| Mintage | 2023 - Edition limit - 19,995 |
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The London Eye appears on an Isle of Man coin for the same reason Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and the Tower of London have cycled through Manx commemorative issues for decades: the island's prolific minting program, largely driven by Pobjoy Mint and later the treasury's own commercial strategy, has long targeted British collector sentiment without any constitutional obligation to do so. The Isle of Man is a Crown dependency with its own currency authority, giving it latitude to issue legal tender tied to virtually any subject it chooses.