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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Nelsons Islands
| Issuer | British Indian Ocean Territory (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The British Indian Ocean Territory has no permanent civilian population — the Chagossians were forcibly removed between 1968 and 1973 to make way for the joint US-UK military base at Diego Garcia. Coins issued under the BIOT designation are therefore never circulated in any conventional sense; they are struck solely for the collector market, with the territory itself functioning as a legal fiction for numismatic purposes.
Nelson's Islands is one of the outer atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, lying well north of Diego Garcia and off-limits to any non-military access.