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Styles, titles and portraits on the Falkland Islands' circulation coinage

Started by <k>, December 20, 2020, 01:28:51 AM

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Falkland Islands ½ penny 1974.jpg

Falkland Islands, ½ penny, 1974.


The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory.

The first Falkland circulation coinage was issued in 1974.


The first royal portrait used was Arnold Machin's effigy of the Queen.

The legend on the obverse of the coins was 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND'.


The reverse showed the denomination and the territory's name, along with the year.
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The territory first issued a circulation 50 pence coin in 1980 and a circulation 20 pence coin in 1982.

These followed the same pattern as the original coins of 1974.









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When the first Falkland circulation pound coin was issued in 1987, alone among all the circulation coins it used Raphael Maklouf's portrait of the Queen.

The other denominations continued to use the Machin portrait.

The Maklouf effigy had been used on the UK's coins since 1985.


This portrait was used on the Falkland pound coin from 1987 to 2000.

It was used on no other circulating Falkland pound.
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Meanwhile, the UK had adopted Ian Rank-Broadley's effigy of the Queen for the coinage in 1998.

Only in 2003 did the Falkland Islands adopt the Rank-Broadley portrait for the 1 penny and 50 pence coins.

The designs on the reverse remained the same.









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The remaining denominations (2, 5, 10, 20 pence and 1 pound coins) did not adopt the new effigy until 2004.






1 pound, 2004.






10 pence, 2004.
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The territory issued its first circulation 2 pound coin in 2004.

The portrait and styles and titles followed the same pattern as those of the other denominations.
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The territory issued a circulating commemorative 50 pence in 2007.

It commemorated the 25th Anniversary of Liberation from the Argentinians in June 1982.

Curiously, the territory's name was now shown on the obverse of the coin.

Instead of 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND', the legend now stated simply 'ELIZABETH II'.


Meanwhile, the regular circulation coins remained as before.
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In 2014 a circulating commemorative 2 pound coin was issued.

It commemorated the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands.

This time the obverse legend stated:

QUEEN ELIZABETH II FALKLAND ISLANDS


This differed from the legend on the regular 2 pound coin and from the legends on any other circulation coin, commemorative or not.
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In 2019 the territory issued a new series with a new portrait of the Queen.

This new portrait was the work of a Pobjoy Mint artist.

It appeared on the obverse of ALL the coins EXCEPT the 5 pence coin.




Interestingly, the obverse legend is different.

It follows the example of the circulating commemorative 2 pound coin of 2014.
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The circulation 5 pence coin of 2019 is a real curiosity.

It uses a new and different portrait of the Queen on the obverse.

This portrait is the work of Raphael Maklouf.






Alone of the circulation coins of 2019, the 5 pence coin carries a completely new design on the reverse.

It retains the theme of an albatross but in a completely new version.






Here you see the original albatross design that was used before 2019.

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Above you see the regular 2019 50 pence.




Below you see the obverse of a collector Falkland penguin 50 pence of 2018.

Notice the difference in the obverse legend from that of the regular 2019 50 pence.

It follows the style of the 2007 circulating commemorative 50 pence.
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Clearly the circulation coinage is undergoing some kind of transition, but:

Quote from: eurocoin on April 09, 2020, 07:21:39 PM
A possible new series of circulating coins for the Falkland Islands has now been postponed until 2022.

In the meantime, see: Milestones in the decimal coinage of the Falkland Islands.
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