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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Charles II
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, with a pearl necklace visible at the neck, rendered in high relief in the style of the Raphael Maklouf portrait. The circular legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 2001 · FALKLAND ISLANDS around the upper periphery, with the denomination 50 PENCE positioned along the lower rim. The engraver's initials RDM appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the English crown's formal claim to the Falkland Islands, traced to Captain John Strong's 1690 landing — the first recorded European landfall on the archipelago. Argentina's competing sovereignty claim, which had already triggered the 1982 war less than two decades prior, gave this commemorative an edge that few colonial-anniversary coins carry.