Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Double Portrait - 2022 Unc. Cupro Nickel Diamond Finish 50p Coin - FAL

Pobjoy Mint is delighted to announce the release of the fourth coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The coin has been issued on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government.

In 1952, British sculptor Mary Gaskell Gillick OBE's effigy design was selected from a field of seventeen to be used on general-circulation coinage for the new Queen Elizabeth II, first issued in 1953, one year after the Queen acceded to the throne. This portrait is called the First Definitive UK Coin Portrait. Gillick worked on the portrait between March and October 1952, with one sitting and close supervision by the Duke of Edinburgh. Gillick's design was notable for portraying the Queen uncrowned, and was the last to be used on the pre-decimal coinage.

Therefore, we thought it was very apt to feature a double portrait of Her Majesty including the first and current effigy used in coinage over 70 years of service. The first effigy designed by Mary Gillick and the current effigy has been designed by Pobjoy Mint.