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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee - portrait with black hat
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a colourised photographic portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth II wearing a black hat and coat, reproduced in black, white, and grey tones within a circular vignette. The surrounding border bears the legend DIAMOND JUBILEE at the top, flanked by the regnal dates • 1952 • to the left and • 2012 • to the right, with FIFTY PENCE inscribed along the lower arc. The border is finished in a dark brown tone contrasting with the gold-clad rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory with a permanent population under 300 and no airport, issues commemorative coinage primarily as a revenue mechanism — these pieces are struck under contract and sold to collectors worldwide, never circulating on the island itself. The Diamond Jubilee in 2012 generated a wave of such issues across British territories, and Tristan's output that year was extensive.
Gold clad copper is not legal tender gold; the "gold" here is a surface wash over a copper core, a common production method for mass-market commemoratives of this period.