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50 Pence - Charles III 617 Squadron, Colored
| Issuer | Pitcairn Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Technique | Colored, Milled |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief after the portrait by Martin Jennings. The legend CHARLES III · PITCAIRN ISLANDS · FIFTY PENCE is disposed around the upper periphery of the heptagonal flan, with the date 2023 appearing in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III · PITCAIRN ISLANDS · FIFTY PENCE · 2023 |
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Pitcairn Islands coinage is legal tender in name only — the island's roughly 40 remaining inhabitants use New Zealand dollars in daily life, and coins issued under Pitcairn's authority are produced exclusively for the collector market. This piece honors RAF 617 Squadron, the "Dambusters," formed in March 1943 specifically to carry out Operation Chastise, the bouncing-bomb raid on the Ruhr dams designed by Barnes Wallis and executed on the night of 16–17 May 1943. Of the 19 Lancasters dispatched, eight did not return.