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Estimated Value
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$12
Name or Denominations
1 Crown 5 FKP = USD 6.50
Issuer
Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territories)
Ruler
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Year of Minting
2007
Currency
Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Rare
Weight
28.28 g
Diameter
38.61 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Copper-nickel
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Reeded
Technique
Milled
Front design
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right.
Back design
Icebound expedition ship HMS Discovery.
Year of Minting
2007
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Mint location
PM Pobjoy Mint , Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: QUEEN ELIZABETH II FALKLAND ISLANDS 2007 IRB Reverse: 2007 - INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR - 2008 1 CROWN DISCOVERY PM
Context
The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares, was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Two ships, HMS Alert and HMS Discovery (captained by Henry Frederick Stephenson), sailed from Portsmouth on 29 May 1875. Although the expedition failed to reach the North Pole, they explored the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island and collected large amounts of scientific data. On this expedition, Nares became the first explorer to take his ships all the way north through the channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island (now named Nares Strait in his honor) to the Lincoln Sea. Up to this time, it had been a popular theory that this route would lead to the supposed Open Polar Sea, an ice-free region surrounding the pole, but Nares found only a wasteland of ice. A sledding party under Commander Albert Hastings Markham set a new record Farthest North of 83° 20' 26'N, but overall the expedition was a near-disaster. The men suffered from scurvy and received inappropriate clothing and equipment. Nares wintered at Fort Conger during the winter of 1875. Realizing that his men could not survive another winter in the ice, Nares hastily retreated southward with both his ships in the summer of 1876. winter in the ice, Nares hastily retreated southward with both his ships in the summer of 1876.
Rarity
Rare
Coin type
Non-circulating
In circulation
Yes
Demonetized
No
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0
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