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| Uitgever | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Jaar | 1974 |
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| Valuta | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Arnold Machin, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The effigy is rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and drapery. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND, disposed around the upper and lower periphery in raised Latin characters. The coin is bordered by a continuous inner ring of beading. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Issued the year after Britain's Currency Act 1973 formalized the Falkland Islands pound as a distinct currency pegged to sterling, this gold piece predates the 1982 conflict by nearly a decade — when the islands had a population under 1,800 and the notion of Argentine invasion remained a diplomatic abstraction rather than a military reality. The KM#8 issue was produced in limited numbers for collector purposes; circulating gold coinage had no practical role in Port Stanley's cash economy.