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25 Pounds - Elizabeth II 400th Anniversary of first sighting
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Proof-finish effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a pearl necklace, after the portrait by Raphael Maklouf. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II · FALKLAND ISLANDS arcs around the upper border, while the denomination · 25 POUNDS · appears along the lower border. The portrait occupies the right-center field against a deeply mirrored proof background. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - - 3,000 |
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The "first sighting" commemorated here refers to the disputed European discovery of the Falklands, a question that remained diplomatically charged in 1992 — barely a decade after the 1982 conflict between Britain and Argentina. Issuing a large-format silver piece asserting a 400-year British connection to the islands was, in that climate, a pointed act of territorial messaging from Stanley.
KM#39 was struck by the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held the Falkland Islands contract through most of the collector series issues of this period.