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25 Cents - Charles III HMS Bounty
| Issuer | Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III · PITCAIRN ISLANDS · 25 CENTS GD · 2024 · |
| Reverse description | Highly detailed engraving of HMS Bounty depicted in full sail, shown in three-quarter starboard view with all masts and rigging prominently rendered, occupying the central field. The legend HMS BOUNTY arcs along the upper rim. The inner border consists of a continuous decorative ring of small anchor motifs encircling the entire design. The fineness and weight inscriptions .999 Ag and 7.98g appear in the lower field beneath the ship. |
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The HMS Bounty connection to Pitcairn is not merely symbolic — the mutineers who seized the ship from William Bligh in 1789 deliberately burned the Bounty in Bounty Bay in 1790 to prevent detection of their settlement. Pitcairn had no permanent indigenous population; the island was essentially unknown to European authorities at the time, and the mutineers and their Tahitian companions remained undiscovered for 18 years. The wreck still lies in the bay.