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50 Pence - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II Centenary, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail including naturalistic hair and collar. The legend CHARLES III flanks the left arc and BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY arcs along the right, separated by raised dot stops. The date 2026 appears in the lower exergual area, also flanked by dots. The design is set within the distinctive equilateral curve heptagonal flan characteristic of the Guernsey 50 pence denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND 100 50p |
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Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926, making 2026 the centenary of her birth — a date she did not live to see, having died in September 2022. Guernsey's relationship with the Crown carries a particular weight here: the island's legislature sent a formal address of condolence within hours of her death, and Guernsey had issued some of the earliest decimal coinage bearing her portrait back in 1968, predating the UK's own decimalisation by three years.
The 15.5g specification places this in the half-sovereign weight class, a deliberate commercial choice that keeps the gold content accessible without issuing at full sovereign weight.