Coin: Fifty Pence 1977
Description | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Currency | Pound Sterling |
Face value | 50 (x Penny) |
Type | Fifty Pence (Large) |
Year | 1977 |
Current | No (demonetised 1998) |
Mintage | 49,729,000 (49.7 million) |
Rarity | C (Common) |
Mints |
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Material | CuproNickel |
Designer | Christopher Ironside |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Portrait by Arnold Machin (Second Portrait) |
Production technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Polygon (Heptagon) |
Size (mm) | 30 |
Thickness (mm) | 1.7800 |
Mass (g) | 13.5000 |
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Obverse | Draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing a tiara (effigy known as the "Second Portrait", by Arnold Machin); around, the legend and date ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1977 (Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith). |
Obverse inscription |
ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1977
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Reverse | A figure of Britannia, seated beside a lion, with a shield decorated with the crosses of the union flag resting against her right side, holding a trident in her right hand and an olive branch in her left hand, with the figure "50" below (in exergue) and the inscription "NEW PENCE" around above. |
Reverse inscription | 50 NEW PENCE |
Edge | Plain |
Edge inscription | None |