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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Crown
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Diameter | 38.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | Third-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara and pearl drop earrings with a pearl necklace, modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The draped bust is rendered in high relief against a polished field. The circular legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 2002 · FALKLAND ISLANDS around the upper periphery, with 50 PENCE along the lower border, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 2002 Falkland Islands crown marks the Queen's Golden Jubilee, but the islands' decision to issue it carried unusual weight. Less than twenty years earlier, Argentine forces had occupied Port Stanley, and British sovereignty over the islands had been settled by force rather than diplomacy. A jubilee coin from a territory that nearly ceased to be British gives the commemorative impulse a harder edge than most.