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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Queen of Hearts; colourised
| Issuer | Isle of Man Treasury |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Full-length colourised figure of the Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', depicted as a rotund, grinning character wearing an elaborate crown and a richly coloured period costume of red, blue, green and gold. Playing card suit symbols — hearts and spades — are scattered across the field to the left and right of the central figure. The denomination '50' appears in the upper right field, while the quoted inscription 'That's enough! Off with their heads!' is inscribed in the left field. The entire design is finished with full polychrome colouring. |
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| Reverse lettering | "That's enough! Off with their heads!" 50 |
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The "Queen of Hearts" nickname attached to Diana, Princess of Wales originated with her 1995 Panorama interview — watched by 23 million people in the UK alone — in which she used the phrase herself. The Isle of Man has long operated outside Royal Mint licensing constraints, allowing its treasury to issue Diana commemoratives that would be politically awkward for official British coinage. The colourisation was applied post-strike by a secondary processor, a common practice for Pobjoy Mint-era Isle of Man issues targeting the collector novelty market rather than circulation.