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10 Pence - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, large type
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1974-1992 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Second portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the model by Arnold Machin, depicting the Queen as a young woman wearing a tiara and a draped bust. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND in raised Latin characters, evenly spaced around the periphery. The design is executed in high relief with fine detail in the hair and crown, characteristic of Machin's celebrated portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND |
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The Falkland Islands issued its first decimal coinage in 1974 following the decimalization of the pound sterling, breaking a long dependence on circulating British coinage. These pieces were produced by the Royal Mint and saw genuine everyday use in Stanley's small cash economy. When Argentina invaded in April 1982, circulation effectively halted for the duration of the occupation — surviving examples that passed through that period occasionally surface with damage consistent with wartime disruption rather than normal wear.
The large-type designation distinguishes this from the reduced-size 10 pence introduced in 1992, which mirrors the contemporaneous downsizing of the UK's own 10p.