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10 Pence - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Nightingale Island |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a tiara and drop earring, her hair elaborately styled and caught up beneath the crown. The truncation of the bust is visible at the lower field. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, with TRISTAN DA CUNHA continuing along the right, all within a beaded border. The date 2011 appears in the exergue below the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Nightingale Island is one of the most remote inhabited places on earth — a dependency of Tristan da Cunha, itself already among the most isolated settlements anywhere. The island has no permanent population, only seasonal residents harvesting rockhopper penguins and their eggs. A coin issued in its name is a fiscal curiosity more than a circulating instrument; these pieces were produced for the collector market and have never seen meaningful use as currency on the island itself.