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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Patrick Stirling
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour pad-printed depiction of Patrick Stirling's iconic Great Northern Railway Single locomotive, shown in three-quarter perspective advancing to the left at speed amid a dramatic cloudy sky. The locomotive is rendered in characteristic green livery with black boiler fittings and a red buffer beam, accompanied by a tender bearing the initials GNR. The legend PATRICK STIRLING arcs along the upper field, while the denomination FIFTY PENCE appears within a raised gold-toned cartouche at the base of the design, framed by decorative railway-track motifs. |
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Patrick Stirling's eight-coupled single-driver locomotives — the famous Stirling Singles — were the dominant express engines on the Great Northern Railway from their introduction in 1870 until they were finally withdrawn in the early 1890s. Stirling refused to fit his engines with cabs, leaving crews fully exposed to the elements, a position he held until his death in 1895 while still serving as GNR Locomotive Superintendent at the age of 75.
This is a pad-printed gold-plated issue from Guernsey's long-running series of commemorative transport coins — collectibles rather than circulation pieces, never intended to pass through a single till.