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by Tony Clayton

Decimal Fifty Pence Coins

The Decimal Twenty Pence <<-- : -->> The Decimal Pound
Pictures of 2012 Olympic Fifty Pence Coins
History of the Decimal Fifty Pence
Values of the Decimal Fifty Pence

Large Types

1972 proof fifty pence, Britannia reverse This date is only found in proof condition, and was not issued for circulation

1973 fifty pence, EEC reverse

1984 fifty pence, modified reverse This date was only issued in Royal Mint Sets

1992/3 proof fifty pence, new portrait, UK Chairmanship of EEC reverse

1994 fifty pence, D-Day reverse

Small Types

1997 fifty pence

1998 50p, EU reverse

1998 50p, NHS reverse

2000 50p, British Library reverse	Proof 2003 50p, Suffragette reverse
2004 50p, Roger Bannister reverse It is very difficult to get a good scan from such a smooth coin.	2005 50p, Johnson's Dictionary reverse
2006 proof 50p, Victoria Cross reverse	2006 proof 50p, Heroic Acts reverse

2006 50p, Britannia reverse

2007 50p, Scouts reverse

2008 50p, new reverse Note the change in orientation of the obverse

2009 50p, Kew reverse Note that the denomination is in words on the obverse Mintage for circulation was very low. Scanned from a Mint set resulting in reflections from the plastic case.

2010 50p, Guiding reverse

2011 proof 50p, WWF reverse

2013 50p, Christopher Ironside reverse This design was submitted in the 1960's for the new decimal 50p, but the 1969 Britannia design was chosen instead.

2013 50p, Benjamin Britten reverse Unusual in having both the denomination and date on the obverse

2014 50p, Glasgow Commonwealth Games

2015 definitive 50p, new obverse

2015 50p, Battle of Britain, circulation type

2016 50p, Battle of Hasting

2016 50p, Olympics (Team GB)

2016 50p, Beatrix Potter

2016 50p, Peter Rabbit

2016 50p, Miss Tiggywinkle

2016 50p, Squirrel Nutkin

2016 50p, Jemima Puddleduck Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint

2017 50p, Sir Isaac Newton, reverse

2017 50p, Mr Jeremy Fisher, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint	2017 50p, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint
2017 50p, Bemjamin Bunny, reverse	2017 50p, Tom Kitten, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint
2018 50p, The Tailor of Gloucester, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint	2018 50p, Mrs.Tittlemouse, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint
2018 50p, Peter Rabbit, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint	2018 50p, Flopsy Bunny, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint
2018 50p, Paddington Bear at the Station, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint	2018 50p, Paddington Bear at the Palace, reverse Temporary image, courtesy of The Royal Mint

2018 50p, Representation of the People Act

2019 50p, Sherlock Holmes, reverse	2020 50p, Tokyo Olympics 2020, reverse
2021 50p, 50th Anniversary of Decimalisation, reverse	2021 50p, John Logie Baird, reverse
2022 50p, Queen's Platinum Jubilee, reverse	2022 50p, Birmingham Commonwealth Games, reverse

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