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5 Crowns - Elizabeth II 40th Anniversary of Coronation
| Issuer | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Crown (1969-date) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace, after the Arnold Machin portrait. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II · TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, with the denomination · 5 CROWNS · inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS - 5 CROWNS - |
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The Turks and Caicos Islands had no domestic monetary authority in 1993 — the territory uses the US dollar for everyday commerce, making its crown issues purely commemorative instruments with no circulation mandate whatsoever. This piece marks forty years from the June 1953 coronation, a ceremony that drew the first truly global television audience in history, with an estimated 27 million viewers in Britain alone watching on sets many had purchased specifically for the occasion.