GREAT_BRITAIN
KM 918 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge - Plain | Composition | Rotation |
50 pence | 30.0 | 13.5 | Shape - 7-sided | Copper-Nickel | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
The inscriptions along the rim: title of Queen. In the center - young bust of queen Elizabeth II right (portrait by Arnold Machin in which she wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara). Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) became Queen of the United Kingdom on 6 February 1952. |
Britain's entry in
E.E.C. In the center of nine clasped hands
the year of minting,
face value. The European Economic Community (the Common Market in the English-speaking world) was an international organization created in 1957 to bring about economic integration (including a single market) between Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. |