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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Battle of Britain
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and wearing a necklace, engraved by Jody Clark. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ISLE OF MAN · 2020 · FIVE POUNDS · with the engraver's initials JC appearing at the truncation. The portrait is set against a deeply mirrored proof field, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS appearing in the lower arc of the legend. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Battle of Britain commemorative series issued through the Isle of Man has drawn collector skepticism for decades — the territory functions essentially as a licensing vehicle for the Pobjoy Mint and later the Tower Mint, producing themed issues with no organic connection to the events commemorated. The Isle of Man has no RAF history of its own; these coins exist because the island's liberal commemorative coining authority makes such issues commercially viable, not historically rooted.
KM#1689 is one of several dozen Battle of Britain-themed pieces struck across multiple years and formats. The eighty-year anniversary in 2020 prompted a fresh wave of such issues across multiple issuers.