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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 30.70 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a drop earring. The truncation bears the engraver's initials IRB. The encircling legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, with the date 2011 at lower right, all set against a deeply recessed, mirror-polished field. |
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| Reverse description | Central circular field bearing a full-colour photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in later life, depicted facing slightly left with a warm smile, wearing a pale lilac outfit and a pearl earring, her silver hair styled without a crown. The surrounding annular border carries the commemorative legend in raised Latin characters, flanked by dot stops, with the regnal span dates 1952 and 2012 flanking the inscription DIAMOND JUBILEE at top and the denomination FIFTY PENCE at the base. |
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Guernsey issued this piece ahead of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, dating it 2011 to capture the commemorative market early — a common tactic among Crown Dependencies whose mint-contracted issues frequently predate the events they commemorate. The States of Guernsey have no independent mint facility; production was contracted out, as with virtually all their modern commemorative output.
Gold-plated steel rather than cupro-nickel signals this was aimed squarely at the gift trade, not circulation.