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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Aladdin, Silver proof
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Selectively colourised design centred on Aladdin's magic oil lamp rendered in vivid gold and orange tones, from which swirling smoke rises in shades of blue and lavender. The word ALADDIN appears in large stylised lettering integrated into the lower field, surrounded by scattered golden stars and flowing wave motifs in blue against a deep night-blue background. The denomination legend FIFTY PENCE is inscribed along the upper arc in raised lettering within the silver border. |
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Guernsey has issued commemorative fifty pence pieces under royal warrant since the 1970s, but the pantomime series — of which this Aladdin piece forms a part — reflects a distinctly British cultural tradition with no particular connection to the island. Pantomime as a theatrical form calcified into its recognizable British format during the Victorian period, borrowing loosely from Italian commedia dell'arte and French fairy-tale sources rather than the Arabic folk tradition that gave Aladdin its narrative bones.
The selective colour application on silver proofs of this type is applied post-striking, a process that has divided collector opinion sharply since its widespread adoption in the 2000s.