50 Pence - Elizabeth II 50th Anniversary of Concorde - Take Off

Concorde's first test flight departed Toulouse in March 1969, meaning the 2019 commemorative marks exactly fifty years since that event — not the aircraft's commercial service, which began in 1976. Guernsey has issued Concorde-themed coinage across multiple decades, making this one of several overlapping anniversary strikes in their catalog. The "Take Off" designation distinguishes it within a multi-piece series, each framing a different phase of the aircraft's flight profile.