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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait, Decimalisation Anniversary, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2021· J.C (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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| Mintage | 2021 - Proof |
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Decimalisation came into force on 15 February 1971 — Decimal Day — ending a monetary system that had functioned, in various forms, since the Norman period. The transition required a public education campaign of unusual scale, including a BBC programme and millions of printed leaflets, because the shift from 240 pence to the pound to 100 was genuinely disorienting for a population that had used £sd their entire lives.
The 50p denomination itself was introduced two years earlier, in 1969, as a direct replacement for the ten-shilling note — giving it a quiet seniority over the decimal system it helped inaugurate.