The Pitcairn Islands, a very small group of islands in the Polynesia section of the southern Pacific Ocean, uses the coins of the New Zealand dollar for its regular currency, but has issued a few collectors’ coins, usually in silver or gold, for the international numismatist market.
The first Pitcairn Islands coins were minted in 1988 and were made of copper and nickel. Since 1997, the Pitcairn Islands has stepped up its collectors coins scheme, though the number of different designs and denominations is still small compared with other Oceanian countries and territories.
Denominations of Pitcairn Islands coins
Some coin collectors may try to collect at least one of each denomination that the Pitcairn Islands have issued:
Dollar: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 250
The highest denomination, $250, is reserved for gold proofs; most others are silver. Pitcairn Islands coins tend to show an image of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and various commemorated subjects on the reverse.
