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50 Pence - Charles III A Robin in a Spruce Tree; Colourised
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A vividly colourised European robin (Erithacus rubecula) is depicted perched on a snow-dusted spruce branch in the centre of the field, its distinctive orange-red breast rendered in full selective colour print. The background features a wintry scene with snow-covered trees and a wooden fence, also applied in colour. The denomination legend 'FIFTY PENCE' arcs along the upper periphery in raised capital letters, appearing in uncoloured relief against the colourised field. |
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Guernsey operates as a Crown Dependency with its own currency authority, issuing coins that are legal tender on the island but not in the United Kingdom — a distinction that shapes these pieces almost entirely toward the collector market from inception. The 2025 Christmas series continues a long-standing Guernsey practice of issuing themed holiday 50 pence pieces with applied colour, a format that has run in various iterations since the early 2000s.
Selective colour printing on cupro-nickel blanks is applied after striking, not during — meaning the colour layer sits on the surface and remains vulnerable to handling in a way the underlying relief is not.