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25 Pence - Elizabeth II Royal Wedding, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Government of Ascension Island |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Thickness | 3.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Arnold Machin, centrally positioned within a deeply mirrored proof field. The Queen wears the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, her hair styled in a characteristic upswept coiffure. The peripheral legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND, disposed around the upper arc, with the denomination · 25 PENCE · inscribed along the lower arc. |
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| Mintage | 1981 - Royal Mint; Proof - 30,000 |
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Ascension Island had no permanent civilian population and no real monetary economy in 1981 — it functioned essentially as a British military and communications outpost in the South Atlantic. Coins issued under its authority were never intended for circulation and exist purely as collector vehicles, a practice the Crown Agents facilitated aggressively for dependent territories throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The Charles and Diana wedding issue appeared across dozens of such territories simultaneously, often sharing identical specifications and sometimes identical dies.