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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Britannia New Pence, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, rendered in high relief after the design by Ian Rank-Broadley. The Queen is depicted with a crowned and draped bust, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The surrounding legend includes the monarch's name, royal titles, and the date, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing truncated below the portrait. The design is executed in the refined style characteristic of proof coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D·2009 IRB (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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The 2009 silver proof 50p marks the first time Britannia had appeared on the circulating 50 pence since the switch away from her image in 1994, with this issue produced partly in response to collector demand around the coin's 40th anniversary. The original cupro-nickel 50p had replaced the ten-shilling note when it entered circulation in October 1969 — an unusually large heptagonal coin that the public took some time to accept.
Spink H20 places this squarely within the commemorative proof subset rather than the bullion Britannia series, which ran on a separate track with differing silver content.