fwo_627035 - BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 2 Pounds Proof - Première monnaie commémorative du territoire 2009 Pobjoy Mint
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Type : 2 Pounds Proof - Première monnaie commémorative du territoire
Date: 2009
Mint name / Town : Pobjoy Mint
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 38,60 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ELIZABETH II 2009. BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY.
Obverse description : Portrait couronné à droite de la reine Élisabeth II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIRST COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF THE BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY // £2.
Reverse description : Emblème du Territoire Britannique de l’Océan Indien avec la devise IN TUTELA NOSTRA / LIMURIA.
Reverse translation : (Première monnaie commémorative Territoire Britannique de l’Océan Indien).
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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