Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Pence - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
|---|---|
| Year | 1982-1983 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 20 Pence |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A detailed montage evoking Medieval Norse history, depicting arms and armour dating from the 9th to the 13th centuries. The composition includes a winged helmet, breastplate, broadswords, spears, battle axes, daggers, and a targe (shield) bearing the emblem of a lymphad or galley. The design, executed by Leslie Lindsay, fills the heptagonal field with finely engraved heraldic and martial imagery referencing the Viking Age heritage of the Isle of Man. The denomination 20 appears as the sole reverse legend. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | (PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023) |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Isle of Man's Manx coinage program in the early 1980s was unusually aggressive in producing precious metal variants of circulating denominations — a deliberate policy by the Manx treasury to capture collector and investor revenue independent of the UK's monetary framework. This 20 pence piece in .917 gold is one such product: a struck bullion-collector issue sharing its specification with a broader family of gold Manx coins from the same years, produced under the authority of the Pobjoy Mint.
The Schön listings distinguish two die varieties within the 1982–83 production run.