The Isle of Man has issued TT-themed coinage since the 1970s, exploiting a Crown dependency loophole that allows it to produce legal tender outside Royal Mint oversight. By 2010, the annual TT commemorative programme had become a collector series in its own right, with different circuit elements, riders, and manufacturers cycled through each year. Suzuki's association with the TT dates to the 1960s, though the marque's most dominant period on the Mountain Course came in the 1970s with riders like Graeme Crosby pushing the factory machinery hard through Sulby Straight.
These circulated freely on the island alongside standard UK coinage.
The Isle of Man has issued TT-themed coinage since the 1970s, exploiting a Crown dependency loophole that allows it to produce legal tender outside Royal Mint oversight. By 2010, the annual TT commemorative programme had become a collector series in its own right, with different circuit elements, riders, and manufacturers cycled through each year. Suzuki's association with the TT dates to the 1960s, though the marque's most dominant period on the Mountain Course came in the 1970s with riders like Graeme Crosby pushing the factory machinery hard through Sulby Straight.
These circulated freely on the island alongside standard UK coinage.