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  • 1 Pound 2004, KM# 136, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Elizabeth II
  • 1 Pound 2004, KM# 136, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Elizabeth II
Description

The Falkland Islands is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The Falkland Islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.

Obverse

Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara.

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was a wedding present in 1947 from her grandmother, Queen Mary, who received it as a gift from the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893 on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of York, later George V. Made by E. Wolfe & Co., it was purchased from Garrard & Co. by a committee organised by Lady Eve Greville. In 1914, Mary adapted the tiara to take 13 diamonds in place of the large oriental pearls surmounting the tiara. At first, Elizabeth wore the tiara without its base and pearls but the base was reattached in 1969. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of Elizabeth's most recognisable pieces of jewellery due to its widespread use on British banknotes and coinage.

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND IRB

Reverse

Depicts the coat of arms of the Falkland Islands, the state name above and the value below.

Desire the Right is the motto of the Falkland Islands. It makes reference to the Desire, the vessel from which English sea captain John Davis sighted the Falkland Islands in 1592.

The coat of arms of the Falkland Islands is the heraldic device consisting of a shield charged with a ram on tussock grass in a blue field at the top and a sailing ship on white and blue wavy lines underneath. Adopted in 1948, it has been the coat of arms of the Falkland Islands since 29 September of that year. The ram represents the territory's past primary industry of sheep farming, while the ship symbolises the Desire which reportedly first sighted the islands at the end of the 16th century. The grass indicates the vegetation of the Falklands.

FALKLAND ISLANDS 2004
DESIRE THE RIGHT
• ONE POUND •

Edge

+ DESIRE THE RIGHT

Characteristics
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 9.5 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Mint

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