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1 Crown - Elizabeth II H.M.S. Bounty, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Arnold Machin, occupying the central field. The legend ISLE OF MAN arcs along the left periphery and ELIZABETH II along the right, with the date 1982 positioned in the lower exergue. A fine toothed border frames the design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Isle of Man Postal Authority issued a string of silver proof crowns throughout the early 1980s targeting the collector market directly — the Bounty theme arrived on the bicentennial of the 1789 mutiny. That event took place in April of that year in the waters near Tonga, when Fletcher Christian led a takeover of the vessel and set William Bligh adrift with 18 loyalists in a 23-foot open launch. Bligh navigated roughly 3,600 miles to Timor without a chart.
The Isle of Man had no particular connection to the Bounty or its crew.