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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Globe with flags
| Issuer | Saint Helena and Ascension |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Reverse description | A stylized globe rendered in relief occupies the lower portion of the field, its surface divided into segments each bearing the national flag of a Commonwealth realm, including the flags of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom among others, draped over the continental landmasses. The designer's initials 'ha' appear to the lower right of the globe. A quotation attributed to Queen Elizabeth II is inscribed in mixed-case lettering across the upper field in three lines, enclosed within single quotation marks. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Saint Helena and Ascension operated as a single British Overseas Territory until 2009, when Ascension Island was administratively separated. This coin was issued three years into that new arrangement, during a period when the territory's identity — long defined almost entirely by its remoteness and its role as Napoleon's final prison — was being renegotiated in constitutional and practical terms.
The island's postal and coinage programs have historically been among its few revenue-generating activities, a consequence of an economy with almost no export base and a population that peaked around 5,000.