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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II - Britannia
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned and wearing a necklace, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, with the issuer abbreviation TDC and a small mint mark appearing to the lower right of the portrait. The date 2009 is inscribed in the exergue at the base of the coin, separated from the portrait by a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TDC 2009 |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a permanent population of roughly 250 people, issues coins primarily as numismatic products rather than circulating currency — the island's geographic isolation makes conventional commerce almost entirely dependent on the supply ship that calls a few times per year. The .958 Britannia silver specification here mirrors the fineness used for the British Britannia bullion series introduced in 1987, lending this issue a deliberate connection to that program.