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50 Pence - Charles III Sword Beach
| Issuer | Ascension Island (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, as engraved by Jody Clark, occupying the central field. The peripheral legend reads KING CHARLES III . FIFTY PENCE . ASCENSION ISLAND, with the engraver's initials JC and the date 2024 completing the inscription around the edge of the heptagonal flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | KING CHARLES III . FIFTY PENCE . ASCENSION ISLAND JC 2024 |
| Reverse description | A dramatic high-relief battle scene commemorating the D-Day landings at Sword Beach on 6 June 1944. Allied infantrymen in steel helmets are depicted wading ashore through surf and storming from landing craft, armed with rifles, while debris and ruined structures line the shore in the background to the right. Allied aircraft are visible in the smoke-filled sky above the troops. The inscription SWORD appears in bold raised lettering along the upper portion of the field. |
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