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1 Penny - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Government of Saint Helena and Ascension |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Arnold Machin Reverse: Michael Hibbit |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Arnold Machin's second portrait, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The truncated bust is rendered with fine detail in the hair and drapery. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field, with ST. HELENA · ASCENSION continuing around the upper right, separated by a small star. The date 1984 appears in the lower exergual area beneath the portrait. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Saint Helena and Ascension were administered jointly as a single British territory from 1922, but did not issue coins under that combined designation until 1984 — a gap of over six decades during which the islands relied on British coinage. The 1984 series, of which this penny is a part, represented the territory's first native decimal coinage and was produced in a single run; no penny of this type was struck in any subsequent year.