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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Queen Victoria
| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Third-portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, facing right, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf; the Queen wears a pearl necklace and drop earring, with her signature crown rendered in fine detail. The encircling legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TRISTAN DA CUNHA, divided by a raised border, with the denomination · 50 PENCE · positioned in the lower exergual area. The engraver's initials RDM appear beneath the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TRISTAN DA CUNHA · 50 PENCE· |
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Tristan da Cunha holds a peculiar place in numismatic history: the island issues coins under British authority but has no functioning retail economy to speak of, making nearly every commemorative struck for it a collector piece from inception. This 2001 issue marks the centenary of Victoria's death in January of that year, which triggered a wave of commemorative programs across Commonwealth territories. Tristan's version is among the more obscure entries in that series.
The .900 silver specification diverges from the standard .925 used for most British Commonwealth commemoratives of the period — worth noting when comparing against parallel issues from other territories in the same centenary program.