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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee
| Issuer | Ascension Island |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Third portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting a right-facing diademed and draped bust of the Queen wearing a necklace and earrings. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II curves along the upper periphery, with ASCENSION ISLAND continuing to the right, and the denomination 50 PENCE appears along the lower rim, all separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND · 50 PENCE · |
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Ascension Island sits under the jurisdiction of Saint Helena, and coins issued in its name occupy an odd administrative space — legal tender technically, but produced entirely for the collector market. The 2003 coronation anniversary issue marks fifty years since June 1953, timed to coincide with similar commemoratives issued across a dozen British Overseas Territories that year. None circulated in any meaningful sense on the island, where the resident population at the time numbered fewer than a thousand, mostly RAF personnel and contractors.