Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Year
2020
Type
Non-circulating coin
Value
5 Crowns
Currency
Crown (1978-date)
Composition
Silver (.999) (with gold & black rhodium accents)
Weight
155.5 g
Dimensions
65 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique
Round Colored, Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Portrait of H M Queen Elizabeth II
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
H M QUEEN ELIZABETH II
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
2020
Reverse description
Legend including citation from Winston Churchill in the center, vessels and war ships on left, allied troops in the sea on right, airplanes and dates of Dunkirk operations above, denomination below.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
26 MAY - 4 JUNE 1940
80 DUNKIRK
`1000 Ships of all kinds, carried over 335000 men out of the jaws
of death and shame`
- Winston Churchill
FIVE CROWNS
Edge
Reeded, with one plain section with individual numbering
