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1 Crown - Elizabeth II John Casement
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#310 |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a three-quarter frontal view of a 19th-century American steam locomotive rendered in fine detail, with boiler, smoke stack, headlamp, driving wheels, and cowcatcher prominently depicted. To the lower left, a bearded male portrait bust in period attire identifies the subject as John Casement, the Union Pacific Railroad construction superintendent associated with the transcontinental railroad. The name 'JOHN CASEMENT' is inscribed in the field below the locomotive. The peripheral legend 'DISCOVERY OF AMERICA' arcs across the top, flanked by five-pointed stars, with '1 CROWN' at the base, the numeral '1' appearing in the lower field above the denomination. |
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| Mint | (PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023) |
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John Casement was a Manx mariner who served under Captain William Bligh aboard HMS Bounty during the 1789 mutiny — one of several Isle of Man-connected figures the island has commemorated across its prolific crown series. Whether Casement actively participated in the mutiny or remained loyal is not clearly established in the historical record, which makes the coin's commemorative framing an interesting editorial choice by the Manx treasury.