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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Robert Falcon Scott
| Issuer | British Antarctic Territory |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1991-date) |
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| Reverse description | A group of polar explorers in full cold-weather expedition dress, equipped with ski poles and sledge runners, depicted in the foreground against the rigging and hull of the RSS Discovery in the background. The birth and death years of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, 1868 and 1912, flank the design vertically on either side, with the inscription ROBERT FALCON SCOTT arcing along the upper legend. The denomination £2 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Mintage | 2018 PM - BU - 10,000 |
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The British Antarctic Territory, a UK Overseas Territory administered from the Falkland Islands, issues its own coinage despite having no permanent civilian population — its only residents are rotating scientific staff at Rothera and Halley research stations. Scott reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find Roald Amundsen had beaten him by 33 days. He and his four companions died on the return journey, with the last diary entry dated 29 March 1912.
The search party found Scott's tent just eleven miles short of a supply depot.