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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Princess Diana
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Forward-facing portrait bust of Diana, Princess of Wales, depicted wearing a tiara and pearl necklace, set against a polished proof field. A rectangular cartouche below the effigy bears the inscription DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES. The upper legend CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF A PRINCESS arcs along the periphery, while the denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed along the lower rim. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF A PRINCESS DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES · FIVE POUNDS · |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory so remote it has no airport and a population under 300, issues commemorative coinage through the British Crown dependencies system largely as a revenue mechanism — the coins rarely if ever circulate on the island itself. This Diana memorial piece appeared a decade after her death in the Paris tunnel crash of August 1997, part of a wave of anniversary issues from small-territory mints that flooded the collector market in the mid-2000s.
The series has no minting exclusivity and similar pieces were struck for several other British territories simultaneously.