Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Pence - Charles III Digging for Victory
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Royal Mint |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The "Digging for Victory" campaign began as a British government initiative in 1939, urging civilians to convert gardens, parks, and bomb sites into vegetable plots to offset wartime food shortages caused by German U-boat campaigns against Atlantic supply lines. Guernsey's relationship with that campaign carries a particular irony: the island was occupied by German forces from June 1940 until May 1945, during which time islanders grew food not from patriotic choice but from necessity, under conditions of genuine hunger.
This 2025 commemorative links that history to the current reign.