The history of coins on the Island dates back 300 years to when the first official Manx coins were cast in 1709 and became legal tender by an Act of Tynwald on 24th June 1710.

They were cast in moulds, probably at Castle Rushen in Castletown, and the reverse side bore the family crest of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby. On the obverse is the familiar Manx triskeles surrounded by the old Latin spelling of the motto QVOCVNQVE GESSERIS STABIT, which translates as ‘Withersoever (which ever way) you throw it, it will stand’. Our stamp issue marks the tercentenary and details the most significant developments in coinage on the Isle of Man over three centuries.

Text and design are the work of Mike Southall MBE, renowned numismatic authority and author.

The sheet format for this issue is 25 stamps per value