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1 Britannia Pound
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Queen Elizabeth II in elderly portrait, facing three-quarters right, set against an architectural background with a classical monument at right. The large numeral '2022' dominates the left field as an underprint. Serial number and title 'Chief Cashier' appear at lower left, with a holographic security element at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length intaglio-style vignette of a young Queen Elizabeth II in coronation robes and crown, holding the orb, set before Westminster Abbey rendered in fine line engraving. A quotation text block appears at upper right. The birth year '1926' is printed in large bold numerals at the far right, with a UV star-circle pattern alongside. |
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The "Britannia Pound" is not a Bank of England issue — it's a commemorative legal tender note issued under the authority of Alderney or a similar Crown Dependency arrangement, produced outside the mainstream UK clearing system and not accepted in general circulation on the British mainland. Enschedé in Haarlem has handled prestige security printing for centuries, and their involvement here signals this was conceived as a collector instrument from the outset rather than a functional currency note.
Rudolf Cigánik is a Slovak designer with credits across multiple commemorative and bullion-linked note projects. That a Dutch security printer and a Slovak designer produced a note denominated in British pounds tells you exactly what this object is.