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| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#H85 |
| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting a crowned and draped bust wearing the George IV State Diadem, as designed by Jody Clark. The monarch's initials 'J.C' appear truncated at the shoulder. The circumferential legend reads 'ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2020', incorporating both the royal title and the denomination in an unbroken arc around the portrait within a plain field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2020· J.C (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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The Beatrix Potter 50p series, launched in 2016 to mark the 150th anniversary of Potter's birth, became one of the Royal Mint's most commercially successful modern programs — and one of its most aggressively extended ones. By 2020 the Peter Rabbit issues had appeared across multiple years in both base metal and precious metal formats, creating a layered collector market where year-of-issue distinctions matter considerably. The 2020 silver proof is among the later entries in that run.
Spink reference H85 places this squarely in the commemorative collector series rather than any circulation context.