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50 Pounds - Elizabeth II 5th portrait, 1/2 oz Fine Gold
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 50 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Standing allegorical figure of Britannia facing left, helmeted and wearing a flowing classical robe, holding a raised trident in her right hand and resting her left hand on a large Union Shield. A recumbent lion is depicted to her right in the lower field. The design by Suzie Zamit is rendered in high sculptural relief within a recessed inner circle. The engraver's initials SZ appear in the lower right of the inner field. The surrounding legend reads BRITANNIA to the left and 1/2 oz FINE GOLD 999.9 to the upper right, with the date 2016 in the lower exergual area. |
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The fifth portrait of Elizabeth II — by Jody Clark, selected through an internal Royal Mint process rather than the open competition that produced some earlier effigies — first appeared in 2015 and was the first portrait to be designed by a Royal Mint employee since the second effigy by Mary Gillick in 1952. Clark submitted his design without initially telling his superiors, entering on the encouragement of a colleague.