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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Algy Pug, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Fifth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, engraved by Jody Clark, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace with drop earrings. The designer's initials JC appear on the truncation. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs above through the left field, with ISLE OF MAN continuing to the right, and the date 2020 positioned in the lower field below the portrait. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Algy Pug coin is part of the Isle of Man Treasury's long-running commemorative pug series, which began in 1996 and has issued annual variants ever since — an unusually sustained run for a breed-specific numismatic programme. The Isle of Man has historically used its fiscal autonomy from the United Kingdom to pursue aggressively niche commemorative subjects that no sovereign mint operating under parliamentary scrutiny would sanction.
Struck at 22-carat in a 15.5g flan, this issue matches the half-sovereign weight standard — a deliberate choice that keeps the gold content commercially legible to bullion-aware buyers without formally entering the sovereign series.