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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Photo, 1977
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a full-color photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman, smiling and wearing a white hat and pearl necklace, set within a circular vignette occupying the majority of the coin's face. The surrounding annular border, finished in gold, carries the inscription THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN curving along the upper arc, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS inscribed along the lower arc, separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Prooflike |
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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 coins under Crown authority since the 1970s — largely as numismatic products for the collector market rather than circulating currency. This 2016 piece marks the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Silver Jubilee photograph of Elizabeth II, a portrait that itself became one of the most widely reproduced royal images of the late 20th century.
Gold-plated copper issues of this type are produced in substantial quantities with collector packaging. The coin's value is entirely sentimental and numismatic; no resident of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas ever spent one.