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50 Pence - Charles III King's First Year - State Opening Parliament
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Diameter | 27.3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The State Opening of Parliament depicted here marks Charles III's first such ceremony as monarch, held in November 2023 — the first time in over seventy years that a King rather than a Queen delivered the Speech from the Throne. The Isle of Man, as a Crown Dependency, holds a constitutional relationship with the British Crown distinct from both the UK and Commonwealth realms; its parliament, Tynwald, is among the oldest continuous parliaments in the world, predating Westminster by several centuries.
The "King's First Year" designation places this squarely in a commemorative series tied to the 2023 ceremonial calendar.