E-auction 623-613074 - BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 2 Pounds Proof Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale : tombe du soldat inconnu 2018 Pobjoy Mint
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Type : 2 Pounds Proof Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale : tombe du soldat inconnu
Date: 2018
Mint name / Town : Pobjoy Mint
Quantity minted : 10000
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 38,60 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,28 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ELIZABETH II 2018. BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY.
Obverse description : Portrait couronné à droite de la reine Élisabeth II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR // £2.
Reverse description : Soldat se recueillant sur la tombe du soldat inconnu, au second plan scène de bataille, au premier plan coquelicots.
Reverse translation : (Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale).
Historical background
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
This territory is made up of the Archipelago of the Chagos Islands, the largest of which is Diego Garcia. Formerly dependent on Mauritius, the archipelago was detached from it in 1965. Between 1966 and 1963, the Chagossians were deported to facilitate the installation of the American military base of Diego Garcia.
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