IOM ISLE OF MAN 5 POUNDS KM 1261 LAXEY WHEEL 2013 UNC

Description

Metal: Cooper-Nikel
Date of issue: 2013
Country: ISLE OF MAN
Denomination of the coin: 5 pounds
Coinage quality: UNC
Diameter: 35.00 mm
Coin weight: 20.00 gr.
Edge: Milled
Mint: Pobjoy Mint
Description
The coin is round in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coin’s edge is milled.
The wheel of Laksi, is known also as Lady Isabella — this big water wheel constructed in the village Laksi in 1854 by the local talented architect John Casement. The wheel of Laksi is considered the biggest in the world. Diameter of a wheel is 72 foots 6 inches (22,10 m), a circle of 227 foots (69,18 m), width is 6 foots (1,83 m).
The Obverse: relief image of a portrait of Her Majesty of Queen Elizabeth II. Around inscriptions - ELIZABETH II ISLE OF MAN, year of issue - 2013.
The Reverse: in the center the relief image of a water wheel of Laksi. Inscription - Round Tower Peel Castle. The down value - 5 Pounds.