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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Defender of the Faith, Gold Plated
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the bust. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a plain field. The circumferential legend reads 'ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY' around the upper arc, with the date '2022' positioned at the lower right. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Guernsey has long operated outside the UK's Royal Mint framework, issuing its own coinage through the authority of the States of Guernsey — a privilege rooted in the island's status as a Crown Dependency rather than part of the United Kingdom proper. The "Defender of the Faith" title, derived from Fidei Defensor, was originally granted to Henry VIII by Pope Leo X in 1521, then stripped after the break with Rome, and later restored by Parliament — a historical irony that has followed the monarch's coinage ever since.
Gold-plated copper-nickel issues of this type are modern collector products rather than circulation pieces, produced in the final year of Elizabeth II's reign before her death in September 2022.