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Country: Isle of man, Crown dependency of the British crown
Capital: Douglas
Currency: Manx pound (equal to British pound)
Numeric code: (168) 826
Letter code: (IMP) GBP
Crown dependency of the British crown – this is the official status located near the UK, the Isle of man. But this island completely independent: it has its own self - Tinwald - island Parliament. It exceptionally venerable age – he is more than a thousand years.
Walking on the island is the pound sterling, which is not surprising. However, the island government publishes and own pounds. Of course, they are also divided into 100 pence. The price of Manx coins match the price of the British pound. 1, 2 and 5 island pounds, plus a bargaining chip from one to fifty pence – represent a catalogue of coins of the Isle of man today.
The first island the money was minted in 1668. Those coins looked like the British pound, differing from it in the reverse: Manx coins were present coat of arms of the island of triskelion.
The profile of Elizabeth II is present on the obverse of all coins of the Manx. On the reverse of the same coin, the image of the monuments of the island and its heraldry. Interestingly, the coins of twenty and fifty pence-fold, not round. Buy coins of the Isle of man, is possible in any Bank of Russia. The cost of Manx coins varies, fluctuating on a daily basis, just like any currency exchange rate.
