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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Coronation Anniversary
| Issuer | Bermuda Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Mature effigy of Queen Elizabeth II at right, accompanied by a golden crown; a building vignette occupies the centre of the note. Commemorative inscription below the portrait records the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, 1953–2003, printed over a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY FIFTY DOLLARS THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER ISSUED UNDER THE BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY ACT 1969 TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1953-2003 $50 |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation, this note was a deliberate commemorative issue rather than a routine circulation replacement — the Bermuda Monetary Authority had already issued its standard 2000-series $50 notes, and this was a separate, limited addition to that run. De La Rue's production for Bermuda at this period was high quality but not technically experimental; the security specification here is relatively modest by early 2000s standards, with no optically variable ink or other features that were becoming common on higher-value commemoratives elsewhere.
Coronation anniversary notes are frequently hoarded uncirculated, which makes worn examples the genuinely unusual survivors in this case.