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Brand Toggle navigation Menu Help Blog. Winnie the Pooh 50ps. Alice in Wonderland. HRH Prince Philip. RFU th Anniversary. It was one of only three decimal coins to have been made and circulated before decimalisation took place fully in A huge number of different reverse designs have been used on the 50p coin over the years, sporadically at first and increasingly over recent years, with a whopping 29 different designs issued for the London Olympics and 21 different coins in alone.
As of February there are different 50p coins many of which, especially in recent years, were not or will not be issued for circulation. Details of all 50p coins are shown on separate pages, linked to below click on text to see details for that date. Click on the image to see a larger version of that design :. Size: But I suspect there'll be a lot of cases where that doesn't happen," he said.
Economic reasons for change The DCB has stockpiled million pence coins at banks around the country ready for today's introduction of the coin, making it the largest ever issue of a new coin. Lord Fiske said the reason for this was to replace the million ten-bob notes as soon as possible. He said the issue would eventually save the Treasury money. A 10s note has a life of some five months and the costs of distribution and withdrawal are comparatively high.
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