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20 Crowns - Elizabeth II Coronation Anniversary
| Issuer | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Crown (1969-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, with a pearl necklace and earring visible. The legend ELIZABETH II · TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS arcs around the periphery, with the date 1993 positioned to the lower left of the portrait and the denomination 20 CROWNS along the lower rim. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field, consistent with the mature effigy used on Commonwealth coinage of the early 1990s. |
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| Reverse lettering | CORONATION ANNIVERSARY 1953 · 1993 |
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The Turks and Caicos Islands adopted the crown as a commemorative denomination in the 1970s specifically to capture the collector market — the territory has no meaningful history of circulating coinage, and issues like this one were never intended to function as money. By 1993, the fortieth anniversary of the coronation had become a reliable occasion for Commonwealth territories to authorize silver issues, most contracted through the same small pool of British and Canadian refiners and distributors.
KM#113 is one of several pieces the islands issued that year under the same commemorative program.