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1/2 Penny - Elizabeth II Stylized herring
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1980-1983 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (0.005 IMP) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Arnold Machin. The sovereign's portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and jewellery. The issuer's name and royal title form the encircling legend, with the date positioned below the bust in the lower field. |
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| Mintage | 1980 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 117,665 1980 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 1980 PM - Schön# 53.1; Proof - 1981 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 169,772 1981 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 1981 PM - Schön# 53.1; Proof - 1982 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 17,385 1982 PM - Schön# 53.2; Baby Crib privy mark - 1982 PM - Schön# 53.2; Proof, Baby Crib privy mark - 25,000 1983 PM - Schön# 53.1 - 24,576 1983 PM - Schön# 53.1; Proof, no die letter - |
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The Isle of Man gained full control over its own coinage in 1973 following the Tynwald's reassertion of fiscal autonomy, and the Pobjoy Mint — based in Surrey — has struck virtually all Manx decimal coinage since. This half penny ran only through 1983, when the denomination was abolished on the island in line with the United Kingdom's own withdrawal of the halfpenny, which followed in 1984.