2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Archipelago and Wildlife

The British Indian Ocean Territory has no permanent civilian population — the Chagossians were forcibly removed between 1968 and 1973 to make way for the US military base on Diego Garcia, a displacement that remains the subject of ongoing legal challenges before international courts. Coins issued under this authority are administrative artifacts of an essentially uninhabited territory, produced for the collector market rather than any circulating economy.