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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Liberation; Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#18 |
| Obverse description | Young laureate effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a small ornate crown and a lightly draped truncation, after the Arnold Machin portrait. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · FALKLAND ISLANDS, disposed from the lower left to the upper right of the field. The denomination · 50 PENCE · appears in the lower exergue, flanked by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · FALKLAND ISLANDS · 50 PENCE · |
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Issued to mark the liberation of the Falkland Islands following Argentina's surrender on June 14, 1982, this coin was authorized within months of the conflict's end — an unusually rapid response for a proof commemorative. The campaign lasted 74 days and cost 255 British military lives.
The Falklands were a dependency administered from Stanley with a civilian population of under 1,800 at the time of the Argentine invasion in April. That the islands had a functioning mint authority capable of commissioning a sterling silver proof so quickly speaks to the administrative machinery of British Overseas Territories coinage, largely handled through the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey.