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50 Pounds
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in intaglio at right, set against an elaborate guilloche underprint in pale lilac and green tones. At centre, a circular vignette bears the triskelion symbol of the Isle of Man, surrounded by the motto 'QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT' within a decorative rosette. The denomination £50 appears in large numeral at lower left, with the title 'ISLE OF MAN GOVERNMENT' across the top and the Treasurer's signature below centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIFTY POUNDS DOUGLAS BAY |
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The Isle of Man Government's 1983 £50 note arrived at a moment when the island's financial sector was expanding rapidly — the low-tax regime had been attracting offshore banking business since the 1970s, and a high-denomination note had become a practical necessity rather than a prestige exercise. Bradbury Wilkinson, working out of New Malden, handled the printing; the firm had a long relationship with British Crown dependencies and colonial currency authorities.
Pick 39 is scarce in genuinely circulated grades, partly because a £50 note on the Isle of Man in 1983 represented roughly two weeks' average wages — not something that passed through many hands.