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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Gombey Dancers
| Issuer | Bermuda Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1970-date) |
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| Obverse description | Fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and draped, as modeled by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and BERMUDA along the right rim, both in raised Latin capitals. The denomination $1 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Five Gombey dancers depicted in dynamic performance poses occupy the central field, clad in their characteristic elaborate fringed costumes, tall headdresses adorned with feathers, and carrying sticks. The central foreground figure is rendered larger in high relief, with four additional dancers shown in smaller scale behind and to the sides, conveying movement and festivity. The legend BERMUDA GOMBEYS arcs along the upper rim in raised Latin capitals, and the date 2001 appears in the left field. |
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Gombey is one of the few truly creole performance traditions in the Atlantic world — blending West African, Native American, and British military influences into something that belongs entirely to Bermuda. The tradition survived periods of suppression, including restrictions imposed during the colonial period when public gatherings of enslaved people were viewed with suspicion by authorities. That the Bermuda Monetary Authority chose it for circulation coinage in 2001 reflects a broader reassertion of local cultural identity that had been building since the 1990s independence debates.