Milestones in the decimal coinage of the Isle of Man

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Above you see the version without the triskeles.

 

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In the year 2000 the Isle of Man issued a new set of circulation designs with a broadly Christian character to celebrate the new millennium.

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The penny depicts St Michael's Chapel.

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St Michael's Chapel is a Celtic-Norse twelfth century chapel built on the site of an earlier Celtic Keeill. The remains of the chapel are located on the south of St Michael's Isle.


According to Wikipedia:

Keeill is a Manx Gaelic word for a chapel. Archaeologically, it is used for a specific type of small simple chapel found on the Isle of Man and built during the early medieval period.

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The legend on the two pence reads :"CLASHT ROOIN, O HIARN". It is taken from the first line of the Manx Fisherman's Evening Hymn and translates as "Hear us, O Lord". The design shows a Manx sailboat on choppy waters.

 

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The legend on the reverse of the five pence of the millennium series reads: "GAUT'S CROSS CARVING". The design shows a Manx-style Celtic cross, carved by the Scandinavian sculptor Gaut around AD 900.

 

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The ten pence features St. German's Cathedral.

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St. German's Cathedral: the ruins of the original 13th century cathedral on St Patrick's Isle.

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The twenty pence depicts a monk at Rushen Abbey sitting at a desk while creating a manuscript.

 

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The legend on the reverse of the fifty pence coin in the millennium series reads: "CHRISTIANITY IN MANN". The design shows an upright carved cross from a pre-Norse carved altar frontal that is now held in the Manx Museum.

 

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The one pound coin shows the triskele with three church bells between the legs.

 

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The two pound coin reads: "THORWALD'S CROSS-SLAB" and features part of a tenth century cross that depicts the battle of Ragnarök.

 

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You would expect a commemorative millennium series to run for either one year or a thousand years, but in fact the one illustrated above ran for four years, from 2000 to 2003.

In 2004 the Isle of Man issued a new set of designs, celebrating well-known landmarks of the island.

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The reverse of the penny depicts the Santon war memorial.

 

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The reverse of the two pence depicts the Albert Tower.