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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Scepter and Orb, silver
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael David Maklouf |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II·2002·FALKLAND ISLANDS·50 PENCE· |
| Reverse description | Central design featuring the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre with Cross, arranged diagonally and enclosed within a plain circle. Above the circle, stylized bunting or foliage elements extend toward the rim on either side, rendered in plain relief against a mirror proof field. The curved legend THE GOLDEN JUBILEE appears in the lower portion of the field, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession. |
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Issued to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, this piece was struck at a moment when the Falkland Islands' relationship with the Crown carried weight far beyond ceremony. Just twenty years earlier, Argentine forces had occupied Port Stanley, and it was British military intervention — at considerable cost — that restored the islands to British administration. A jubilee coin from this territory is not a routine Commonwealth issue.
The KM#79a.2 designation distinguishes this from the base-metal parallel struck the same year.