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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Michael Faraday; mint error

1 Crown - Elizabeth II (Michael Faraday; mint error) - obverse1 Crown - Elizabeth II (Michael Faraday; mint error) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Isle of Man (British Crown dependencies)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 1996
Value 1 Crown
0.25 IMP = USD 0.33
Currency Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 28.28 g
Diameter 38.6 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
82994
References KM# 558.2
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Michael Faraday

Series: Inventions of the Modern World

Obverse

Right facing uncouped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend and date around

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
ISLE OF MAN · 1996
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Cameo of Michael Faraday with electricity experiment on table

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INVENTIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD
MICHAEL FARADAY 179101867
EXRERIMENTAL RESEARCHES IN ELECTRICITY 1831
1
CROWN

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of Pobjoy Mint (PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)

Comments

This is an error coin where the word Experimental is incorrectly spelt as Exrerimental

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1996 PM Brilliant Uncirculated

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