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25 Pence - Elizabeth II Napoleon on Board HMS Bellerophon - silver plated
| Issuer | Saint Helena |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 25 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, wearing pearl drop earrings and a pearl necklace, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend ELIZABETH II runs along the left periphery, while ST. HELENA appears along the right periphery, both in raised Latin lettering. The date 2013 is inscribed at the base of the design below the portrait. A beaded inner border frames the entire obverse. The portrait style is consistent with the fourth definitive effigy of the Queen as used on British Commonwealth issues of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Saint Helena issued this piece to mark the bicentennial of Napoleon's exile to the island following Waterloo. HMS Bellerophon carried him from Rochefort to Torbay in 1815, where he remained aboard while British authorities debated his fate — crowds of curious onlookers rowed out daily to catch a glimpse. He never set foot on English soil. The decision to send him to Saint Helena rather than allow European imprisonment was driven largely by fear that proximity to the continent made escape too plausible.
Silver-plated copper-nickel, not silver — a distinction the packaging on these issues does not always make obvious at point of sale.