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 - Elizabeth II Elephant Seal
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| 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 | 28.28 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, drop earrings, and a pearl necklace, as engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncation of the bust is visible at the lower field, bearing the engraver's initials 'PM' (Pobjoy Mint). The surrounding legend reads 'SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS' to the left and upper field, with the date '2017' inscribed to the lower right. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 2017 PM |
| Additional information |
Pobjoy Mint has produced wildlife issues for South Georgia since the 1990s, operating under license from the territory's government as one of the few private mints with a long-running franchise on British Overseas Territory coinage. The southern elephant seal, the world's largest seal species, breeds almost exclusively on sub-Antarctic islands — South Georgia holds one of the largest breeding colonies anywhere.
KM#81 places this among a well-documented run of South Georgia fauna issues, none of which saw significant circulation given the territory's permanent population of zero.