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2 Pence - Elizabeth II Red-Billed Chough, Silver
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 1981-1983 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The portrait, designed by Arnold Machin, presents the Queen in a refined and formal style characteristic of Commonwealth coinage of the period. The obverse legend arcs around the periphery of the field, reading ISLE OF MAN ELIZABETH II followed by the date of issue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The red-billed chough has served as the heraldic symbol of the Isle of Man for centuries, and its appearance on the decimal coinage of the early 1980s reflected a deliberate policy by the Manx authorities to distinguish their issues from British coinage through native iconography. Pobjoy Mint, which held the Isle of Man contract from 1973, produced silver and gold variants of the standard circulation types specifically for the collector market — the base-metal versions circulated freely while these struck at .925 moved straight into sets.
KM#60b sits alongside bronze (60a) and cupro-nickel (60) variants from the same period, a three-tier structure Pobjoy used consistently across Manx decimal denominations.