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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Drafting of the Constitution
| Issuer | Government of Pitcairn Islands |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A finely engraved depiction of a large square-rigged sailing vessel under full sail occupies the central field, with a small rowing boat carrying figures visible in the foreground waters below. A diagonal line element suggests a bowsprit or rigging detail extending to the right. The commemorative legend DRAFTING OF CONSTITUTION 1838-1988 arcs along the upper periphery, marking the 150th anniversary of Pitcairn Island's first constitution. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Pitcairn's 1988 constitutional issue marks the formal drafting of the island's first written constitution, a document that had to govern a population that has rarely exceeded fifty people. The constitutional process itself was partly driven by pressure from the British Foreign Office to regularize the administration of its smallest and most remote dependency — a territory reachable only by a several-day voyage from French Polynesia.
Coins struck for Pitcairn are produced entirely for collector export; no meaningful cash economy functions on the island.