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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Quincentenary of the College of Arms
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Arnold Machin's celebrated portrait, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The hair is elaborately styled with soft waves, and the truncation of the bust is draped. The encircling legend reads ELIZABETH THE SECOND in raised Latin characters, with the date 1984 positioned in the lower field below the portrait. A small designer's initials mark is present at the lower truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH THE SECOND 1984 |
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The College of Arms received its royal charter from Richard III in 1484, making 1984 the quincentenary the Isle of Man Government chose to mark — an unusual subject for a crown issue from a dependency with its own entirely separate heraldic traditions governed by the Lord Lyon in Scotland and, for Mann itself, loosely outside the English college's jurisdiction entirely. The choice reflects the broader British commemorative coin boom of the 1980s rather than any direct institutional connection.
Virenium, a proprietary copper-nickel-zinc alloy developed by the Pobjoy Mint, was the house metal for Isle of Man base-metal crowns throughout this period.