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25 Pence - Elizabeth II Cartwheel Penny
| Issuer | Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | •ELIZABETH II•D•G•REGINA•F•D•ST. HELENA• 25 PENCE•2019 |
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| Reverse lettering | CARTWHEEL PENNY SOHO EIC |
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The "Cartwheel Penny" name refers to the enormous copper twopences and pennies struck at Boulton & Watt's Soho Mint in Birmingham in 1797 — coins so thick and heavy they were nicknamed for their resemblance to wagon wheels. Saint Helena's connection to that original issue is oblique at best: the island was an East India Company possession at the time, operating its own token coinage independently of the London-controlled currency that Boulton's contract was meant to stabilize. This 2019 silver restrike leans on the aesthetic of that Georgian original while carrying the authority of a Crown dependency issuer with minimal circulation history of its own.