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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Blue Whales
| Issuer | Government of Saint Helena |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Pound (1976-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and drop pearl earrings with a pearl necklace, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The truncation of the bust is draped and depicted in fine detail. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, and ST. HELENA along the right periphery in raised Latin lettering. The designer's initials RDM appear on the truncation. |
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| Mintage | 1998 |
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Saint Helena issued this piece as part of a broader wildlife conservation series in the late 1990s, a period when the island's government was actively producing collector-oriented coinage to generate revenue — the territory having almost no other export economy to speak of. The Blue Whale subject aligned with growing international attention to cetacean protection following the IWC's commercial whaling moratorium of 1986.
Mintage figures for this type are not widely documented, which is itself telling for a small-territory issue of this kind.