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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Humpback Whale
| Issuer | Pitcairn Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Thickness | 3.05 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central circular field features a vivid full-color applied image depicting a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) dramatically breaching the ocean surface, its massive dark body rising nearly vertically above the blue water against a partly cloudy sky. The naturalistic colorized motif is set within a polished silver surround bearing a beaded inner border. The legend HUMPBACK WHALE arcs across the upper field in serif lettering, while WHALES FROM THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS curves along the lower margin; the inscription 1 OZ 999 SILVER appears vertically to the right of the central device. |
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Pitcairn Islands has no functioning monetary system of its own — the roughly fifty residents who descended from the Bounty mutineers use New Zealand dollars in daily life. Coins issued under the Pitcairn name are struck entirely for the collector market, with no expectation of circulation on the island itself.