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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Drafting of Constitution
| Issuer | Government of Pitcairn Islands |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 250 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Pitcairn's 1988 gold issue commemorates the drafting of the island's first formal constitution, which came into force that same year after years of negotiation with the British government. The document was notable for formalizing governance over a community of fewer than 60 people — one of the smallest permanent populations of any self-governing territory on earth. Administration had previously operated under a patchwork of colonial ordinances dating to the 1940s.
Struck for collector export rather than any local economy — Pitcairn has no circulating coinage — this piece was produced in extremely limited quantities reflecting the island's negligible collector base and the high unit cost of small-run gold production.