50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Henry VIII

Henry VIII's financial legacy is more directly connected to coinage than most monarchs'. His debasement of English silver — beginning in 1544 and continuing under his successors until Elizabeth I's recoinage of 1560–61 — was one of the most aggressive currency manipulations in English history, reducing silver fineness from 92.5% to as low as 25% to fund his wars and court expenditure. The irony of commemorating him in .999 fine gold is not lost on anyone familiar with the period.