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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Grandpa's Great Escape, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
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| Reverse description | Colorized reverse featuring an illustration in the distinctive artistic style of the David Walliams children's novel Grandpa's Great Escape, depicting characters and imagery drawn directly from the original book artwork. The design is framed within the heptagonal planchet, with a curved inscription reading 'The World of David Walliams' positioned at the top of the field. The denomination '50p' appears in the lower portion of the design, with the title 'Grandpa's Great Escape' also inscribed within the composition. |
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| Mintage | 2022 PM - Proof - 1,999 |
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Issued by the Pobjoy Mint on behalf of the Isle of Man, this piece belongs to a long-running series of licensed commemoratives tied to the Roald Dahl intellectual property. Dahl's estate has been notably active in coin licensing arrangements since the early 2010s, producing a volume of issues across multiple mints and jurisdictions that has drawn criticism from collectors for diluting the series.
The Isle of Man's 50 pence denomination has been used as a vehicle for commemorative programs since the 1970s — far more aggressively than most territories of comparable size.