50 Pence - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait, European Community

Issued to mark the United Kingdom's presidency of the European Community Council and the completion of the single market, this piece was struck in two varieties: one dated 1992 and one dated 1993, reflecting the presidency's overlap across both calendar years. The dual-dated version — reading 1992/1993 — is the more frequently encountered of the pair, making the single-date 1992 issue the scarcer of the two in most collections.