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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Christmas
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped and diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR flanks the bust, with the date 1993 and mint initials RDM PM appearing in the surrounding field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR · 1993 RDM PM |
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Gibraltar's annual Christmas 50 pence series, launched in 1988, was among the first regular circulating coinage programs anywhere to treat a recurring holiday theme as a genuine annual collectible sequence rather than a one-off commemorative. The territory's small population and heavy tourist trade meant these pieces were hoarded almost immediately upon release, and genuine circulation examples are harder to find than mintage figures suggest.