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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, Royal Shield, Gold Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 31 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | FIFTY PENCE MD |
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The Royal Shield 50p was part of a redesign commissioned by the Royal Mint in 2008, when graphic designer Matthew Dent won an open competition to create a unified heraldic series — the first wholesale redesign of British circulating coinage in decades. The conceit was that each denomination from 1p to 50p would carry a fragment of the Royal Arms, only resolving into the complete shield when the coins were assembled together.
The piedfort gold edition was struck exclusively for collectors; no circulation example in this metal exists. At double the standard flan thickness, pieforts have been a Royal Mint collector format since the 1980s revival of a medieval practice.