50 Pence - Elizabeth II Christmas

Features

Issuer	Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories)
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1988
Value	50 Pence (0.50 GIP)
Currency	Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	13.5 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	28 February 1998
Number	N# 42733
References	KM# 19 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 26 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Christmas 1988

Series: Christmas

Obverse

Right facing couped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend and date around

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR · 1988
RDM
PM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Head and shoulders portrait of the Three Wise Men from the biblical story of the Nativity

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHRISTMAS
50

Edge

Plain

Mint

(PM)	Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)

Comments

The first Christmas 50p coin for Gibraltar was minted in 1988. It depicts a head and shoulders of the Three Wise Men from the biblical story of Nativity. All three men are shown in beautiful detail, bearing gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh. Half encircling them are branches of holly.

The CuNi Diamond Finished 50p coins are available mounted in a Christmas card. This has the greetings inside written in eight different languages and on the outside is a snow covered church beneath a starry sky - one of the stars contain 50p coin.

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1988		$ 110		93%
1988	30 000		Proof (Diamond Finish)	7%

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