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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 50th Anniversary of Coronation
| Issuer | Ascension Island |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Imperial State Crown, with pearl drop earring and necklace, after the Raphael Maklouf portrait. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND arcs around the periphery, and the denomination · 50 PENCE · appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND · 50 PENCE · |
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Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a population historically composed almost entirely of military and communications personnel, has no indigenous civilian economy to speak of — its commemorative coinage program exists purely for the collector market, administered through agreements with the British Crown and contracted minting houses. The 50th anniversary of the Coronation in 2003 prompted a wave of identical commemoratives across multiple dependent territories, all struck to the same specification.
KM#16a is the silver variant; a cupro-nickel KM#16 was issued concurrently.