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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Bicentenary of America's Constitution
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Thickness | 2.9 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1987 PM - Proof - 1,000 |
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Palladium was an almost unheard-of coinage metal in 1987, and the Isle of Man — operating with unusual autonomy in monetary matters — was among the first jurisdictions anywhere to issue a legal tender palladium coin for circulation-class denominations. This piece predates the Russian Palladium Ballerina series and arrived the same year the metal began attracting serious industrial attention from the automotive catalyst industry.
The Constitutional bicentenary gave the Manx treasury a pretext, but the metal choice was the real story.