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50 Pence - Elizabeth II HMS Terror
| Issuer | British Antarctic Territory |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Diameter | 27.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | Finely detailed depiction of the three-masted Royal Navy bomb vessel HMS Terror under full sail, shown in a three-quarter starboard view navigating through icy Antarctic waters, with rigging and furled sails rendered in high relief. The denomination numeral '50' appears in the upper left field, while the ship's name 'HMS TERROR' is inscribed in capital letters along the lower exergue. A small engraver's die mark 'DA' is visible to the lower right of the vessel. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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HMS Terror made two Arctic voyages before her Antarctic service — she survived the 1836 Arctic expedition and Parry's earlier attempts at the Northwest Passage — but it was James Clark Ross's 1839–1843 southern expedition that gave the British Antarctic Territory its commemorative justification. Terror and her companion Erebus pushed further south than any vessel had managed before, reaching 78°10'S in February 1842. The sea Ross charted on that voyage still bears his name.
The wreck of Terror was located in 2016 in Terror Bay, Nunavut, in extraordinarily good condition — over 170 years on the Arctic seabed.