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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse lettering | ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH I ANNIVERSARY 1558-2008 FIVE POUNDS |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory so remote that its entire population was evacuated to England in 1961 following a volcanic eruption, issues coins primarily for the collector market — the island's roughly 250 permanent residents have little use for commemorative five-pound pieces. This 2008 issue marking Elizabeth I sits within a long series of topical British-history crowns produced for the territory by the Pobjoy Mint.
Elizabeth I never authorized a coin of this denomination in her own reign's currency — the largest regular silver issue of her era was the crown of five shillings.