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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Blue Squid
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Weight | 10 g |
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| Reverse description | A colossal blue squid depicted in dynamic motion, its elongated mantle and tentacles rendered in high relief against a stylized ocean setting. The upper portion of the squid's mantle breaks the water line, while swirling eddies of water encircle the creature, conveying a sense of depth and movement. The design fills the full round field in a naturalistic, illustrative style characteristic of Pobjoy Mint wildlife issues. |
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| Mint | (PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023) |
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The "Blue Squid" is one of several titanium wildlife issues Pobjoy has struck for various British Overseas Territories and dependencies, a format the mint pioneered commercially in the 1990s when virtually no other private mint was working the metal at scale. Titanium's anodization properties allow interference coloring without applied enamels — the blue tones are structural, produced by oxide layer thickness rather than pigment.
KM#86 places this within a broader Pobjoy titanium wildlife series, likely issued under a territory license rather than a sovereign authority in any traditional sense.