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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Elizabeth I
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Third-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a diamond diadem and drop earrings, with a pearl necklace visible at the neck, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 1996 · FALKLAND ISLANDS arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination · 2 POUNDS · appears along the lower rim. The initials RDM, denoting the engraver, are present below the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Mintage | 1996 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Issued to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth I in... no — this coin actually commemorates the queen herself, struck during a period when the Falkland Islands were producing a steady stream of royal and historical commemoratives following the 1982 conflict, which dramatically raised the islands' international profile and created a viable collector market almost overnight. The dependency leaned heavily into British historical themes throughout the 1990s as a deliberate expression of its relationship with the Crown.
KM#56 was struck by the Pobjoy Mint, which held the contract for Falkland Islands commemorative coinage during this period.