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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Sherlock Holmes, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as designed by Jody Clark, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem with a draped neckline. The portrait is set within a beaded inner circle, with the surrounding legend reading ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF and the date 2019, all in Latin script. The engraver's initials J.C. appear truncated below the bust. The design follows the standard Royal Mint convention for this portrait generation introduced in 2015. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised silhouette of Sherlock Holmes in profile facing left, depicted in his iconic deerstalker cap and smoking a pipe, rendered in a bold graphic manner by designer Stephen Raw. Flanking the central figure on both sides are typographically arranged titles drawn from Arthur Conan Doyle's canon of Holmes stories, including A Study in Scarlet, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of the Four, The Final Problem, The Blue Carbuncle, The Musgrave Ritual, The Empty House, The Dancing Men, The Six Napoleons, The Bruce-Partington Plans, The Valley of Fear, The Red-Headed League, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Speckled Band, Silver Blaze, and The Man with the Twisted Lip. The denomination 50 PENCE appears in the lower portion of the field, and the designer's initials SR are incorporated into the composition. The overall design celebrates the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Proof - 6,211 |
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