Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Pounds - Charles III Battle, Colored
| Issuer | Pitcairn Islands |
|---|---|
| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bimetallic coin with a copper-nickel center bearing the uncrowned effigy of King Charles III in left-facing profile, rendered in a clean, contemporary portrait style within the silver-toned inner disc. The outer nickel brass ring carries the legend CHARLES III · PITCAIRN ISLANDS · TWO POUNDS distributed around the circumference, with the date 2024 centered at the bottom of the ring between two raised dots. The designer's initials GD appear on the truncation of the portrait. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold typographic composition filling the entire field, presenting key phrases from General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day address issued on June 6, 1944, arranged in overlapping stacked lettering of varying scales. The central disc is enhanced with full-color printing depicting a sea-and-sky vignette with a silhouette of a landing craft in the lower field, evoking the Normandy beach landings. The outer ring, rendered in gold-toned nickel brass, carries portions of the Eisenhower quotation in raised relief. The inscription D-DAY appears prominently at the base of the inner disc, with JUNE 6 1944 inscribed in the exergue below. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |