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2 Crowns - Elizabeth II End of the circulating gold in Great Britain
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with a pearl drop earring visible. The portrait is rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair curls. The circumferential legend reads HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II around the upper field, with the date 2014 positioned in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Britain's last circulating gold coinage effectively ended with the outbreak of World War I, when the government suspended gold sovereign payments in 1914 and the public was actively pressured — and later legally compelled — to surrender gold coin to the Bank of England. Sovereigns and half-sovereigns vanished from pockets almost overnight, never to return as everyday money.
The 9-carat composition here is a modern concession to cost, well below the .917 fineness of the sovereigns this issue commemorates.