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1/2 Guinea - Elizabeth II 200th Ann. of the 1816 recoinage
| Issuer | Gibraltar Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 4.2 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2016 · |
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| Reverse lettering | THE GREAT RECOINAGE 1816 HALF GUINEA 2016 |
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The 1816 Great Recoinage was one of the most significant monetary reforms in British history, replacing a chaotic mix of worn, clipped, and counterfeit silver with a new milled coinage produced by the newly steam-powered Royal Mint at Tower Hill. The guinea itself had already been retired in 1813, replaced by the sovereign — making this Gibraltar issue a deliberate anachronism, invoking a denomination that was effectively abolished before the recoinage it supposedly commemorates.