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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Britannia, Gold Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting Her Majesty wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in high relief by Jody Clark. The royal portrait is surrounded by a beaded inner border, with the circular legend distributed around the periphery of the field. The designer's initials J.C. appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse lettering | NEW PENCE 50 |
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The piedfort format — double the standard thickness — has been used by the Royal Mint for collector issues since the early 1980s, reviving a practice that dates to medieval France where piéforts were struck as presentation pieces for assay purposes. This gold version of the 2019 Britannia 50p sits in a long annual series, but the piedfort distinction means the blank itself contains roughly twice the gold of the standard proof, making it as much a bullion object as a numismatic one.
The 2019 issue uses the fifth portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark, introduced in 2015.