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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Peter Pan at the window
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II. ISLE OF MAN. 2020. |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dynamic figure of Peter Pan, rendered in fine illustrative relief, shown hovering or leaping before a multi-paned nursery window set to the left of the field. Tinker Bell appears as a small fairy figure beside him, surrounded by a scattering of five-pointed stars across the field, evoking the magic of J.M. Barrie's narrative. The composition, designed by David Wyatt and engraved by Matt Tindall, is dominated by a flowing italic and mixed-case legend occupying the upper right portion of the field, quoting directly from the story. The denomination numeral 50 appears in the lower left of the field beneath the window motif. |
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The Isle of Man has issued commemorative 50 pence pieces prolifically since the 1970s, exploiting its status as a Crown dependency with its own currency authority to produce collector-targeted issues largely disconnected from circulation needs. J.M. Barrie set Peter Pan partly in the London of Edwardian nurseries, but the character's legal afterlife is tied to Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie bequeathed the copyright in 1929 — a bequest that generated royalties for decades until UK copyright expired in 1987.