50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait; Britannia

Features

Issuer	United Kingdom
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2019
Value	50 Pence 0.50 GBP = USD 0.67
Currency	Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	8 g
Diameter	27.3 mm
Shape	Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	14 January 2019
Number	N# 158145
References	Sp# H62 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , KM# 1705 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

British Culture set

Series: Celebrating 50 years of the 50p

Obverse

Fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2019·
J.C

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix

Translation: Elizabeth II by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith

Designer: Jody Clark

Reverse

Seated figure of Britannia facing right with shield, spear and lion, with denomination in letters above and numerals below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NEW PENCE
50

Designer: Christopher Ironside

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

This reverse design by Christopher Ironside, together with the Arnold Machin second portrait of Her Majesty on the obverse, was first issued in 1969 in copper-nickel to replace the 10-shilling banknote as part of the decimalisation process. The coin was re-issued in 2009 with Ian Rank Broadley's fourth portrait as part of the 16-piece sets to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 50 pence denomination.

This 2019 issue features Jody Clark's fifth obverse portrait and forms part of the 5-coin British Culture Set celebrating 50 years of the 50p it was available in Proof sets on 14/1/2019 (issue limit: 3,500) as well as in a Brilliant Uncirculated Set issued on 25/03/2019 (31,250 sales) and available to third parties as BU individually (53,438 sales). This design was also struck in silver proof, silver piedfort, gold proof and gold piedfort.

©The Royal Mint, 2019

The coin was issued between 01/01/2019 - 31/03/2019 as a Brilliant Uncirculated Strike You Own edition available at The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, Wales. (12,581 sales)

Christopher Ironside designed all six new denominations for decimalisation for which he was awarded the OBE in 1971.

Present in sets

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2019	97 269	$ 9.90	BU	91%
2019	3 500	$ 20	Proof	12%

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