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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II King Henry VIII
| Issuer | Falkland Islands Government |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 450th anniversary of Henry VIII's death, this miniature gold piece is part of a wider commemorative program the Falkland Islands Government ran through the 1990s — a common revenue strategy for small dependent territories with no meaningful domestic coin demand. The KM#112 attribution places it firmly within that series.
Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries between 1536 and 1541, seizing assets that represented perhaps a third of all land in England. The Crown's need to liquidate that wealth drove one of the most aggressive coin debasements in English history — the so-called "Great Debasement" — reducing silver content in some issues to under 25%.