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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Rugged Island
| Issuer | British Antarctic Territory (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 28.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D . G . REGINA J.C 2021 |
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Rugged Island lies off the southwest coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, a group formally claimed by Britain in 1908 — one of the earliest Antarctic territorial claims by any nation. The British Antarctic Territory itself was only constituted as a separate entity in 1962, split off from the Falkland Islands Dependencies for administrative purposes. Coins issued under this authority have never circulated in any meaningful sense; the Territory's permanent population is zero, with occupants limited to rotating scientific staff at Rothera and Signy research stations.
Struck for the collector market, denominated in a currency no one spends at an address no one inhabits.