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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Death of Queen Mother
| Issuer | Ascension Island |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf: a right-facing crowned and draped effigy wearing a pearl necklace, with the legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND arcing around the upper periphery. The denomination · 50 PENCE · appears in the lower field below the bust, flanked by two raised dots. The proof finish produces a deeply mirrored field contrasting with the frosted relief of the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing bust of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, rendered in high relief with characteristic waved coiffure and pearl necklace, attributed to the engraver DC (initials visible in the field below the bust truncation). The birth and death years 1900 and 2002 flank the portrait in the mid-field, while the arc legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER curves around the upper periphery. A commemorative inscription TO CELEBRATE A LIFE OF DUTY, DIGNITY AND LOVE arcs along the lower border, celebrating her centenary life and legacy. |
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother died on 30 March 2002 at Royal Lodge, Windsor, aged 101. Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic administered partly through Saint Helena, issued this commemorative within months of her death — one of dozens of similar pieces struck across British territories that year, each technically legal tender within its issuing jurisdiction despite no realistic prospect of circulation.
KM#18a distinguishes the silver striking from the base-metal KM#18, both sharing the same design but produced for entirely different markets.