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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 1982 portrait - smiling queen with white hat and necklace
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central colored photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as a younger woman, circa 1982, depicting her smiling warmly and wearing a pale blue outfit, white hat with a bow accent, and a multi-strand pearl necklace with a brooch. The color image is set within a circular vignette surrounded by a black enamelled border bearing the gilt legend HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 1952 · FIVE POUNDS · 2015 · in raised lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tristan da Cunha holds the distinction of being the most remote permanently inhabited archipelago on earth, with no airstrip and supply ships arriving only a handful of times per year. Its coinage is issued under British authority but functions almost entirely as a collectibles vehicle — these pieces never circulate on the island in any meaningful sense.
The 1982 portrait referenced here, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, was adopted for circulation coinage across several Commonwealth territories during that decade.