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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Women's Suffrage - Eliza Jane Goldsmith
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, designed by Glyn Davies, commemorates Eliza Jane Goldsmith, a pioneering figure in the Isle of Man's women's suffrage movement, which granted women the right to vote in 1881, making it the first legislature in the world to do so. The central design depicts a ballot box with voting papers being cast, accompanied by floral decorative elements framing the scene, and a facsimile signature reading 'Eliza Jane Goldsmith' inscribed across the field. The denomination 2 POUNDS appears at the base within the nickel brass outer ring. The surrounding legend PIONEERING WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE and the date 1881 are inscribed around the periphery of the outer ring. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Isle of Man Treasury has long used its commemorative program to cover subjects the Royal Mint declines to prioritize. Eliza Jane Goldsmith was a Manx suffragist active in the early twentieth century, operating in a jurisdiction that had already granted women property-owning voting rights in 1881 — decades ahead of Westminster — which gives this issue an unusually grounded local logic rather than the borrowed patriotism of many UK-market commemoratives.
KM#1717 is one of several pieces in a broader Women's Suffrage series issued the same year.