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1/2 Penny - Elizabeth II Herring, Silver
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 1976-1979 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | First effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Arnold Machin, depicting the Queen's right-facing diademed and draped bust wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend ELIZABETH THE SECOND arcs around the upper periphery, while the date appears in the lower field below the truncation. The Pobjoy Mint mintmark (PM) is visible in small characters near the lower left of the bust truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Isle of Man's decimalized coinage program of the 1970s was unusually ambitious for a jurisdiction of its size, with the Treasury commissioning parallel strikes in silver and cupro-nickel across most denominations — an arrangement driven more by collector demand than any monetary necessity. The half penny itself was already a dying denomination across the British Isles; Westminster abolished it in 1984, and the Manx version was never a serious circulation coin in any metal.
The .925 silver strikes were produced for annual sets rather than general release, accounting for their consistently clean surfaces in the market today.