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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II WWF Conserving Nature - Rock Skink
| Issuer | Bermuda |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Third-portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, a drop earring, and a pearl necklace, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf; the engraver's initials RDM appear on the truncation. The legend BERMUDA arcs along the left rim and ELIZABETH II along the right rim, with the denomination ONE DOLLAR inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief depiction of the Bermuda Rock Skink (Plestiodon longirostris) coiling across a group of flat rocks at the centre of the field, its scaled body rendered with naturalistic precision. Two small pellets flank the central motif at the lower left and lower right of the field. The legend WWF CONSERVING NATURE curves along the upper rim, and the date 1997 is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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Issued as part of Bermuda's WWF conservation series, this coin marks a specific ecological concern: the Bermuda rock skink (Plestiodon longirostris) had by the late 1990s been reduced to a handful of offshore islets after predation by rats and cats eliminated mainland populations. The WWF partnership coins of this period were struck under licensing agreements that directed a portion of proceeds toward field programs — in this case, ongoing surveys of the remaining skink colonies on Castle Harbour islands.