1 Crown 1995, Wernher von Braun, Rocket [Isle of Man]

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Reverse
On the left, a launch vehicle is depicted facing right against the backdrop of the moon. Below it is English text and the year the rocket delivered a spacecraft to lunar orbit: 'PIONEER OF SPACE 1969'. On the right, a cameo with a portrait of Wernher von Braun. Above the portrait, the engineer's name in German and his years of life: 'WERNHER VON BRAUN 1912-1977'. Along the upper edge of the coin is the inscription in English: 'INVENTIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD'. Along the lower edge in two lines: '1 CROWN'.
Obverse
In the center is the right-facing profile of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain wearing a crown. In the truncation of the portrait are the initials of the British sculptor Raphael David Maklouf - 'RDM'. Below the truncation are the Latin letters 'PM' - the mintmark of the Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom. Around the circumference along the rim are inscriptions in English: on the left, the monarch's name 'ELIZABETH II'; on the right, the name of the British Crown Dependency 'ISLE OF MAN' and the year of issue '1995'. The rim is decorated with raised denticles.