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2 Pound - Elizabeth II Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
| Issuer | British Indian Ocean Territory |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a pearl necklace and drop earring, with elaborately detailed State Crown. The portrait, engraved by Derek Marsh (initials DM visible in the field), is rendered in fine relief. The legend ELIZABETH II · 2018 · BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY · runs around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II • 2018 • BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY • PM |
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The British Indian Ocean Territory — administered from London with a civilian population consisting almost entirely of military and contracted personnel on Diego Garcia — has no indigenous coin-using public. Its "issues" are produced for the collector market, with no meaningful circulation history. This particular piece commemorates the Unknown Warrior interred at Westminster Abbey in November 1920, a burial that followed a deliberate policy of anonymity: the body was selected by Brigadier General Wyatt from multiple unidentified remains exhumed from the Western Front, specifically so no family could claim it as their own.