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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Platinum Wedding - 70th Anniversary Portrait 2017
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley; the engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper right and BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY to the right, with the denomination FIFTY PENCE and the date 2017 arranged around the lower arc of the coin, separated by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY · IRB FIFTY PENCE · 2017 |
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The 70th wedding anniversary portrait issue commemorates the marriage of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey — a ceremony broadcast on radio to 200 million listeners worldwide, though television cameras were excluded at the couple's request. Guernsey, as a Crown Dependency, has issued commemorative 50p pieces outside the Royal Mint's remit since the 1970s, giving it latitude to produce oversized, non-circulation pieces like this one.
Gold-plated copper-nickel at this weight sits firmly in the souvenir market rather than numismatic issue territory.