Obverse. Photo © Igor Knyazev
  • 1 Crown 1983, KM# 103, Isle of Man, Elizabeth II, 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight,  Montgolfier Brothers' Balloon
  • 1 Crown 1983, KM# 103, Isle of Man, Elizabeth II, 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight,  Montgolfier Brothers' Balloon
  • 1 Crown 1983, KM# 103, Isle of Man, Elizabeth II, 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight,  Montgolfier Brothers' Balloon, D.M.I.H.E.
Description

There is a variation with D.M.I.H.E. abbreviation on the reverse. The Ideal Home Show (formerly called the Ideal Home Exhibition) is an annual event in London. The show was devised by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1908.

Obverse

2nd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right. Lettering around outside, date below.

Mint mark: PM (Pobjoy Mint).

Engraver: Arnold Machin.

ISLE OF MAN ELIZABETH II
PM
1983

Reverse

Montgolfier Balloon.

The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, in a balloon created by the brothers Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799).

BICENTENARY OF MANNED FLIGHT
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON
1983
• ONE CROWN •

Edge

1 Crown

2nd portrait
KM# 103
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Cupronickel
Weight 28.28 g
Diameter 38.61 mm
Thickness 3.17 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Pobjoy Mint (PM)

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