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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Macaroni Penguin
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2018-2021 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the proprietary Pobjoy Mint effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, depicted in right-facing portrait. The legend surrounding the effigy reads FALKLAND ISLANDS ELIZABETH II with the date of issue, all rendered in Latin script within the coin's heptagonal field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Falkland Islands' penguin coinage series has been a fixture of the territory's circulation currency since the 1970s, with the Macaroni Penguin featuring as one of five breeding species found on the islands. The Macaroni — named by 18th-century British sailors after the fashion-conscious "Macaroni" dandies of the period — breeds in enormous colonies on the southwestern coastlines, with the Falklands population numbering in the hundreds of thousands despite a steep regional decline since the 1980s.