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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Rockhopper Penguin
| Issuer | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicting the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait with fine detail in the hair and drapery at the shoulder. The bust is truncated at the neck and positioned centrally within the field. The circumferential legend reads SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS with the date 2006 at lower right, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed naturalistic depiction of an adult Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) standing upright with its distinctive yellow-and-black superciliary crest rendered in fine relief, sheltering a smaller chick nestled at its side amid a nest of straw and two eggs in the lower field. The species name ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN arcs across the upper field, while the denomination TWO POUNDS appears in a recessed scroll banner along the lower portion of the design. The Pobjoy Mint mark is present in the lower right field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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