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2 Xeros Pattern
| Uitgever | British Indian Ocean Territory (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Jaar | 2013 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bimetallic coin with a brass centre set within a copper-nickel ring. The centre features a facing bust of a bearded male figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat, rendered in bold relief. The legend ESSAI · PATTERN · PROBE arcs across the upper field of the brass centre, with the date 2013 positioned in the lower exergue. The outer copper-nickel ring is decorated with a continuous frieze of stylised floral or snowflake ornaments evenly spaced around the full circumference. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Bimetallic reverse with a brass centre dominated by a large bold numeral 2 occupying most of the field, rendered in high relief with a stylised figural or cartographic motif superimposed upon it. Below the numeral, the denomination legend XEROS© is inscribed, with a copyright symbol appended. The outer copper-nickel ring mirrors the obverse, bearing the same repeating pattern of stylised floral ornaments uniformly distributed around the full periphery. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The British Indian Ocean Territory has no permanent civilian population — the Chagossians were forcibly removed between 1968 and 1973 to make way for the Diego Garcia military base, a displacement that remains the subject of ongoing legal challenges before international courts. Coins issued for BIOT are therefore produced entirely for the collector market; none enter general circulation. Pattern pieces like this one exist to test dies, materials, or specifications before an issue is confirmed — though for a territory with no economy to speak of, "confirmation" is a loose concept.