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50 Pence - Charles III Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Colored
| Issuer | Pitcairn Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 50 Pence (0.50) |
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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, occupying the central field of the heptagonal flan. The circumferential legend reads CHARLES III · PITCAIRN ISLANDS · FIFTY PENCE, with the date 2023 positioned centrally at the base, flanked by two raised dots. |
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| Reverse description | Colourfully hand-applied depiction of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the hedgehog character from Beatrix Potter's classic tales, shown nestled within a white teapot in the right-centre of the field, rendered in naturalistic tones of brown, cream, and pink. To the left, incuse garden elements are depicted in the uncoloured field, including a spade, a potted flowering plant, and a small snail, while a butterfly and foliage leaves occupy the upper field. The character's name MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE™ is inscribed in raised lettering across the upper field, and the copyright notice ™ & © FW & Co., 2023 appears to the left margin. |
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Pitcairn Islands issues are a peculiar category — the territory has a population that rarely exceeds fifty people, no meaningful circulation economy, and coins that exist almost entirely for the philatelic and numismatic collector market. This piece, part of a Beatrix Potter licensing series, was produced under arrangement with the Royal Mint's licensing framework, which has extended Potter imagery across numerous Commonwealth territories since the original 2016 UK 50p run.
The coloring was applied after striking — a post-mint process that places these outside traditional numismatic grading conventions for surface assessment.