FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
The British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man has its own currency, the Isle of Man pound, which is linked to the Pound Sterling. As a consequence, the government of the Isle of Man mints its own coins. Crown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies. ... The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin in Manx), a British crown dependency, lies in the Irish Sea almost equidistant from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ... The Isle of Man issues pound sterling notes fixed at a 1:1 exchange rate. ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, can generally refer to the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ...
The armoured triskelion on the flag of the Isle of Man Triskelion (or triskele, from Greek τρισκελης three-legged) is a symbol consisting of three bent human legs, or, more generally, three interlocked spirals, or any similar symbol with three protrusions exhibiting a symmetry of the cyclic group C3. ...
This 1994 coin from the Isle of Man depicts the liftoff of the Saturn 5 rocket used by the first men on the moon, and is one of a series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.
This 1994 coin from the Isle of Man depicts the splashdown of the first men on the moon, and is one of a series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.
This 1999 coin from the Isle of Man depicts the Mariner IX space probe, and is one of a series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.
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