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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Photo, 1947
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a pearl necklace and drop earrings, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait style. The legend HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs around the upper field, with the territorial abbreviation TDC positioned to the lower right. The date 2016 appears in the lower exergue. A beaded inner border encircles the design, adding a refined decorative frame to the composition. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic and the most remote permanently inhabited island on Earth, has issued commemorative coinage since the 1950s largely as a revenue stream rather than for circulation — the island's roughly 250 residents use Saint Helena pounds in practice. This 2016 piece marks the 90th birthday of Elizabeth II, reproducing a 1947 photograph taken the year she turned 21 and broadcast her famous Commonwealth address from Cape Town.