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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Christmas 1987, Platinum Proof
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | CHRISTMAS 50 |
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| Mintage | 1987 PM - Proof - 50 |
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The Isle of Man's annual Christmas 50p series, launched in 1984, was among the first recurring holiday-themed coinage programs from any issuing authority — a commercial format the Manx treasury exploited with unusual aggression through the 1980s. The platinum proof variant of the 1987 issue sits at the extreme end of that ambition: struck in .950 platinum at a weight that made each piece worth multiples of its face value in raw metal alone.
Mintage figures for the platinum strikes were never published with the consistency applied to the gold and silver versions, making population data unreliable.