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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait - Celebrations on the Isle of Man
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, engraved by Mike Guilfoyle, depicts a celebratory scene of jubilant figures in the foreground, one of whom holds aloft a waving flag bearing the Manx triskelion emblem. In the background to the left, a large multi-storey building — evocative of Manx civic architecture — is rendered in fine detail. A large Roman numeral I is prominently displayed in the centre of the field, serving as part of the denomination mark and a series indicator. The legend FIFTY PENCE arcs along the upper portion of the coin in raised capital letters. |
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The Isle of Man has issued commemorative 50 pence pieces with unusual frequency since the 1970s, exploiting its status as a Crown dependency with its own currency authority to produce collector-targeted issues well beyond what domestic circulation demand would justify. This piece is one of several 2020 issues in that tradition.