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20 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 2000-2003 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | A monk is depicted seated at a writing desk, bent over his work in the act of transcribing or illuminating a manuscript. Rays of light stream diagonally through a tall arched window visible in the background, evoking the scriptorium of Rushen Abbey. The denomination 20 appears in the field, with the legend RUSHEN ABBEY inscribed along the upper periphery. The design commemorates the historic Cistercian abbey located at Ballasalla on the Isle of Man. |
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| Reverse lettering | RUSHEN ABBEY 20 |
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The Isle of Man began issuing its own decimal coinage following the Decimal Currency Act 1970, which extended to the island but left the Manx government free to produce its own distinctive series rather than simply mirror British issues. The Treasury has exploited this latitude aggressively, releasing an unusually high volume of variants and commemorative types that makes cataloging the series — as the dual Schön references here suggest — genuinely complicated.
Effigy changes on Manx coinage have not always aligned with Royal Mint transitions on the mainland.