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5 Pence - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, large type
| Issuer | Saint Helena and Ascension |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II ST. HELENA · ASCENSION 1984 |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 FIVE PENCE |
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Saint Helena and Ascension issued its first decimal coinage in 1984, nearly fifteen years after the United Kingdom's own decimalization in 1971. The delay was administrative rather than monetary — the island had long relied on imported British coinage and felt no particular urgency to produce its own. This first series was struck at the Royal Mint and used Raphael Maklouf's second portrait of Elizabeth II, the same effigy appearing on contemporary UK issues.
The "large type" designation distinguishes this from the reduced-size 5 pence introduced across British dependent territories after 1990, when the UK itself downsized the denomination.