50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait; Britannia

50 Pence - Elizabeth II (5th Portrait; Britannia) - obverse50 Pence - Elizabeth II (5th Portrait; Britannia) - reverse

© The Royal Mint, 2019

Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2019
Value 50 Pence
0.50 GBP = USD 0.63
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 ↑↑
Number
N#
158145
References Sp# H62,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
KM# 1705
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

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 the Second 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 (issue limit: 3,500)as well as in a Brilliant Uncirculated Set (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. (13,082 sales)


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

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2019  97 770 $ 7.20 91% BU
2019  3 500 $ 22 13% Proof

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