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| Isle of Man - twenty pound note, Queen Elizabeth II |
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| £20 Pounds banknote |
Isle of Man banknotes, Isle of Man paper money , Isle of Man bank notes, Manx pound - currency of the Isle of Man.
Monetary System
1 Pound = 20 Shillings (to 1971)
1 Pound = 100 New Pence
Obverse: At center "Three Legs of Man" - Triskelion, is the national symbol of the Isle of Man. Queen Elizabeth II Portrait at right.
Reverse: The Laxey Wheel is a large waterwheel built in the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. Designed by Robert Casement, it has a 72-foot-6-inch (22.1 m) diameter, is 6 feet (1.83 m) wide and revolves at approximately three revolutions per minute. It was built in 1854 to pump water from the Glen Mooar part of the ‘Great Laxey Mines’ industrial complex and named "Lady Isabella" after the wife of Lieutenant Governor Charles Hope who was the island's governor at that time.
The Laxey Wheel is the largest working Water Wheel in the world.