Anomalies in the Worldwide Usage of the Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II

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To understand how and why the Queen’s effigy is used throughout the
world today, we must first look at the hierarchy of countries and
territories of which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch.

These fall into four categories:

1] The United Kingdom.

2] The Crown Dependencies.

3] The British Overseas Territories.

4] The Commonwealth Realms.

The Queen also has a role as the Head of the Commonwealth.

But not all the members of these groupings are obliged to depict QEII
on their coins: some do, some don't. One of the Crown Dependencies did
not portray the Queen on their circulation coins until 1985. Do you
know which one it was? And of all the states that have portrayed the
Queen on their coins in recent years, there is one wild card in the
pack, which has been a British colony, a Commonwealth realm, a
republic, and in and out of the Commonwealth on various occasions, but
still carries the Queen's effigy on its coins (though not for much
longer). Do you know which country that is?

To find out the answers and more besides, click on the link below:

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,10156.0.html

Phil.