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50 pence - Elizabeth II Moltke
| Issuer | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and wearing a pearl necklace and drop earring, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear on the truncation. The peripheral legend reads SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, with the date 2022 flanked by two pellets at the base of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | Detailed depiction of the full-rigged sailing ship Moltke under sail, shown three-quarters to starboard with all sails set and rendered with fine rigging detail, navigating choppy seas. The denomination numeral 50 appears in the upper left field, and the ship's name MOLTKE is inscribed in capital letters along the lower exergue. |
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The SMS Moltke was an Austro-Hungarian armored cruiser that took part in the bombardment of the Falkland Islands in 1914 — not to be confused with the German battlecruiser of the same name. South Georgia sits at the edge of the operational theater where the Battle of the Falkland Islands was fought in December 1914, when a British squadron under Vice-Admiral Sturdee intercepted and destroyed the German East Asia Squadron under Admiral von Spee. The islands have issued a recurring series commemorating that engagement and its vessels.
KM#114a designates the silver variant within what is typically a paired issue alongside a cupro-nickel circulation strike.