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50 Crowns - Elizabeth II Churchill
| Uitgever | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Jaar | 1974 |
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| Referentie(s) | KM#3, Fr#2 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | The coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands occupies the central field, featuring a shield charged with a cactus, lobster, and conch shell, supported on either side by a flamingo rampant, and surmounted by a pelican atop a helm and mantling. The denomination '50 CROWNS' is inscribed in two lines below the arms. The legend 'TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTENARY · 1974 · |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Issued to mark the centenary of Winston Churchill's birth, this piece belongs to a wave of Churchill commemoratives that flooded the market in 1974 from British dependent territories — many of them financially motivated by collector demand rather than any particular local connection to the man. The Turks and Caicos Islands had no meaningful historical tie to Churchill; the series was effectively a revenue instrument dressed as commemoration.
The .500 fineness is notably low for a gold commemorative of this period, a deliberate cost-reduction that kept face value viable while still qualifying the piece as a gold issue.