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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Viking Warrior
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 1973-1982 |
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| Weight | 15.9253 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed with the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, after the portrait model by Arnold Machin. The Queen's draped bust is shown in high relief against a plain field. The circular legend reads ISLE OF MAN ELIZABETH II, running around the periphery of the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Pobjoy Mint, operating as a private mint on behalf of the Isle of Man, began producing these gold issues in 1973 following the island's expanded fiscal autonomy under the Isle of Man Act 1958 and subsequent treasury arrangements. The long date span — nearly a decade — reflects annual restrikings issued primarily for the collector and bullion market rather than everyday exchange, with the Manx government using Pobjoy's Sutton facility rather than the Royal Mint, an arrangement that gave the island's coinage a distinctly independent character from mainland British issues.
The .917 fineness mirrors the historic sovereign standard, almost certainly a deliberate choice to align bullion value with a familiar benchmark.