100 Pounds - Elizabeth II Bonomi Pattern - Victoria

Ivor Bonomi was a British designer who produced pattern coinage for various Commonwealth territories in the postwar decades — pieces that were submitted for official consideration but never adopted for circulation. This 2021 issue revisits one of those rejected Victorian-era pattern designs, effectively a tribute to a coin that never was. The kilogram silver format places it firmly in the modern commemorative bullion category, where Ascension Island has become a surprisingly active issuer despite having no permanent civilian population.