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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Bicentenary of Australia
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1788 * BICENTENARY OF AUSTRALIA * 1988 GOLD RUSH 1851 1 CROWN |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Australia's bicentenary in 1988 generated a flood of commemorative issues from jurisdictions with no direct connection to the event — the Isle of Man among them. The Manx government had developed a reliable revenue stream through collector-targeted crown issues from the mid-1970s onward, and anniversaries of British Commonwealth significance were standard occasions to press another run.
KM#224 is one of several Isle of Man releases tied to the 1988 bicentenary program, which itself commemorated the First Fleet's arrival at Botany Bay on 26 January 1788.