A 2011 coin devoted to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. In 2011 the couple marked their diamond wedding anniversary; their marriage, contracted in 1947, became the longest in the history of the British monarchy. As a Crown Dependency, the Isle of Man regularly marked royal anniversaries with its own issues. The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea. Its crowns are legal tender on the island but are not released into circulation: they are coins made for collectors from the outset, struck by the private British Pobjoy Mint.

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