1 Crown - Elizabeth II 2017

Weight

26.2 g

Diameter

38.6 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold plated copper-nickel

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded

Technique

Milled

Front design

NA

Back design

NA

Year of Minting

2017

Queen

Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Mint location

Commonwealth Mint (The Commonwealth Mint), Portishead, Bristol, United Kingdom (2005-date)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: M. M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRISTAN DA CUNHA 2017 Reverse: RMS RANGITANE PACIFIC OCEAN November 27,1940 ONE CROWN

Context

RMS Rangitane (callsign GBWX) was a 16,712-ton ship owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC). Delivered in 1929, she was a diesel-powered sister ship to the RMS Rangitata and RMS Rangitiki. She left Auckland en route to Britain, but in the early morning of 27 November 1940, Rangitane was intercepted 300 miles east of New Zealand by the German raiders Komet and Orion and their support ship Kulmerland. 296 surviving passengers and crew were taken prisoner. RMS Rangitane was the largest Allied merchant ship to be sunk by a German ship during World War II. This is the report of the RMS Rangitane (1) built in 1929. In 1949, the Rangitane (2) was built and incorporated into the fleet of the New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) and sold to the Chinese tycoon Tung Chao-Young (CY Tung) of the Orient Overseas Line, being scrapped in 1976 in Taiwan.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

Yes

Demonetized

No

Marketplace listings

0