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10 Pence - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1980-1983 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A peregrine falcon, the traditional symbol of the Isle of Man, is depicted perched in three-quarter left-facing stance at the centre of the field, its plumage rendered with fine detail against a deeply mirrored proof surface. Flanking the bird on both sides is an elaborate interlaced Celtic knotwork design of sinuous scrolling tendrils and looped ornamental chains, echoing the island's Norse-Celtic heritage. The denomination numeral '10' appears to the right within the knotwork design. A small privy mark in the form of a baby's cradle appears at the top of the field, identifying issues struck to commemorate a royal birth. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Isle of Man introduced its own decimal coinage in 1971 following the broader UK decimalization, but the Manx government moved far more aggressively than London in exploiting the collector market — issuing circulating denominations in precious metal strikes almost from the outset. This gold 10p belongs to that commercially driven program, produced by the Pobjoy Mint on behalf of the Manx Treasury.
The two Schön varieties likely reflect the freeze/etch distinction Pobjoy applied to background fields across this series during the early 1980s.