Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem facing right, (90th Birthday effigy).
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ELIZABETH
II·DEI·GRA·REG·F·D·GIBRALTAR
· HALF CROWN ·
RDM
Reverse description
North and South shields representing England and Wales with three lions passant. A lion rampant representing Scotland in the East position and to the West a harp represents Ireland. The four quadrants depict the St Edwards crown, encircled by a Latin inscription.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
NOVEM DECENNIIS GLORIOSE PERACTIS
· 1926 · 2016 ·
E II R (Translation: Nine decades gloriously accomplished)