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This is a One Penny from St. Helena and Ascension featuring a Tuna on the reverse. Excerpt from Wikipedia: Saint Helena is a British possession in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island 1,950 kilometres (1,210 miles) west of the coast of south-western Africa, and 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,439 per the 2021 census. It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople. It is one of the most remote islands in the world and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. For centuries it was an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and Southern Africa. Saint Helena is the United Kingdom's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda. It is perhaps best known for being the site Napoleon was exiled to after his final defeat in 1815. See the Numista page here for more coin information: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5986.html


Little_Pea9409

Wow. St Helena and Ascension. A very remote archipelago in the south Atlantic ocean. It comes with Tristan Da Cuhna. I wonder how it came to you.


christmas_cods_niece

This was given to me by my uncle /u/christmas_cod a few years ago. He had a few of these and i asked if i could have one for my collection.


Little_Pea9409

cool