50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Benjamin Britten

Features

Issuer	United Kingdom
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2013
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
Thickness	1.78 mm
Shape	Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	16 October 2013
Number	N# 49190
References	KM# 1253 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Sp# H37 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Benjamin Britten

Obverse

Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH·II D·G·REG·F·D FIFTY PENCE · 2013
IRB

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix

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

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Lettering across seven horizontal lines with two musical staves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
· BLOW BUGLE ·
BLOW
BENJAMIN
COMPOSER·BORN 1913
BRITTEN
SET THE WILD
ECHOES FLYING
TP

Engraver: Tom Phillips

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

Comments

The reverse quotation is from the poem Blow, Bugle, Blow by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Issued for circulation, it was also released individually in a Brilliant Uncirculated pack (5,098 sales) and in a stamp and coin cover (8,239 sales). This design was also struck in silver proof, silver piedfort and gold proof.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2013	5 300 000	$ 0.77	$ 0.77	$ 0.77	$ 1.10	$ 1.40	$ 1.90	$ 2.00		96%
2013	5 098							$ 44	BU	2%
2013	8 239								BU (Philatelic Numismatic Cover)	1.1%

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