1 Crown 2016, 175 Years of the Penny Red [Ascension Island / Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]

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1 Crown 2016, 175 Years of the Penny Red [Ascension Island / Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]
  • Country: Ascension Island, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 28.28 g
  • Name: 175 Years of the Penny Red
  • Metal: Copper
  • Composition: Cu
  • Denomination: 1 Crown
  • Currency: Crown
  • Orientation: Medal alignment
  • Summary: KM# 35
  • Diameter: 38.61 mm
  • Reverse
    In the central part, a postage stamp featuring a left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria, with an ornamental pattern to the left and right of the stamp, and inscriptions at the top 'POSTAGE' and at the bottom 'ONE PENNY'. Around the circumference, a wide border bears the text, from left to right: 'PENNY RED 175th ANNIVERSARY', and at the bottom in two lines – '1 CROWN'.
  • Obverse
    In the center, the right-facing profile of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain wearing a crown. Around the circumference, a wide border bears inscriptions in English: on the left, the monarch's name 'ELIZABETH II' and the year of issue '2016'; on the right, the name of the British Overseas Territory 'ASCENSION ISLAND'. Below the portrait truncation, the Latin letters 'PM'.

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