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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the monarch wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 2003 positioned at the lower right of the field. The sculptor's initials IRB appear truncated at the base of the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY 2003 |
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Guernsey issued this piece to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation, an event the island observed with particular attention given the Crown's direct feudal relationship with the Bailiwick — Guernsey owes allegiance to the monarch personally, not to the British Parliament, a distinction rooted in the Norman settlement of 1066 that successive British governments have periodically found inconvenient. The island's independent monetary authority meant it could issue commemorative coinage without Westminster's involvement.