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1/2 Penny - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 1.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Second portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered as a right-facing diademed and draped bust after the effigy designed by Arnold Machin. The Queen wears a tiara and her hair is elegantly styled with a floral ornament. The circular legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND runs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The coin border is decorated with a continuous ring of fine beading. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jersey's halfpenny had a short and inglorious run. Decimalization came to the island in 1971, and by 1981 the coin was already an anachronism — the UK had been debating eliminating its own halfpenny for years, and Jersey followed suit when the denomination was finally abolished in 1983. The 1981 issue was among the last struck, making it a terminal date for the type rather than a routine production year.