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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Blue Whale
| Issuer | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The surrounding legend reads SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, with the date 2013 positioned to the lower right and the engraver's initials IRB truncated below the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 2013 IRB |
| Reverse description | Two blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) depicted swimming in an underwater scene, one in the upper field oriented to the right and one larger specimen occupying the lower and central field, both rendered in fine relief against a background of stylized rays of light filtering downward from the surface and rugged rocky formations to the right. The denomination legend TWO POUNDS appears along the lower rim in raised Latin letters. |
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