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The Isle of Man has its own circulating coinage, which is used in parallel with the British Pound Sterling; it also issues an extensive range of Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) coins for collectors, as well as bullion coins in a variety of formats and designs. The coin format most popular with collectors is the Crown, which has the same specifications as the British (decimal) Crown - also issued as a collector coin, and historically is derived from the British pre-decimal Crown, which was a circulating denomination. After decimalisation, a Crown coin was nominally denominated as 25 pence, an old Crown being equal to five shillings, and a shilling re-denominated as five pence. The UK Crown and its derivatives - such as the Manx Crown - was later re-denominated as £5 in 1990. The Manx Crown displays the denomination as "Crown" though and not as £5 (which its UK counterpart almost never does), and is - also unlike the UK Crown - subdivided into fractional denominations, such as half-crown, one-tenth Crown etc. This is the first Crown coin issued by the Isle of Man. It features a Manx cat (in earlier times often spelled Manks) - a breed of domestic cat (Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a naturally occurring mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed, along with elongated hind legs and a rounded head. Manx cats come in all coat colours and patterns, though all-white specimens are rare, and the coat range of the original stock was more limited. Long-haired variants are sometimes considered a separate breed, the Cymric. | ||||||
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Royal Mint |
Country | Isle of Man |
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Currency | Manx Pound |
Coin Type | Crown |
Issued | 1970 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait, by Arnold Machin |
Face Value | 5 (x Pound) |
Total Mintage | 150,000 |
Current | Yes |
Material | CuproNickel |
Designer | Christopher Ironside |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 38.6100 mm |
Mass | 28.2800 g |
OCC ID | LBRP-ORRC-BDVG-OMNY |
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Image | Details |
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1970 Silver Proof Crown Manx Cat
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1970 Silver Proof Crown Manx Cat
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Coin, Isle of Man, One Crown 1970
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Coin, Isle of Man, One Crown 1970
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Source | Reference ID |
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Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Isle of Man KM# 18, KM# 18a (Silver) |