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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Queen Mother
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 50 Pence (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | Facing three-quarter bust portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in advanced age, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, drop earrings, and a multi-strand pearl necklace over a formal coat, engraved by David Cornell whose initials DC appear at lower left of the bust. The curved script legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER arcs across the upper field, while the centenary dates 1900–2000 are displayed in large numerals along the lower rim, commemorating her one hundredth birthday. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory so remote it has no airstrip and receives supply ships only a handful of times per year, issues coins primarily as collector revenue rather than circulating currency. This piece marks the Queen Mother's centenary — she reached 100 in August 2000, the first British queen consort to do so. The island's total permanent population at the time was under 300 people.