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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 8393, member: 669&quot;]One exception - the 50p is a very unique coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s the only one I am aware of which has the country&#039;s name or initials.&nbsp; The Brits have always assumed that anyone seeing their monarch&#039;s profile on a coin or a stamp would know that it&#039;s theirs unless some other Commonwealth country or possession&#039;s name is on the item.&nbsp; The &quot;UK&quot; and the double date on this one are intended to commemorate the fact that the European Council of Ministers had a British president in &#039;92-93.&nbsp; (Krause considers them all to be &quot;undated&quot; as the dates are part of the design, but it was a 1992 issue.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Queen looks almost girlish, although other coins of around the same time have a more mature head.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was minted four ways - all with identical designs and diameters:</p><p><b>KM#963</b>, Cu-ni, mintage 109,000, 2003 Krause catalog value $5.75</p><p><b>KM#963 Proof</b>, Cu-ni, est. mintage 100,000, $13.50</p><p><b>KM#963a Proof</b>, 13.5g .925 silver, ASW .4014 oz., est. mintage 35,000, $35</p><p><b>KM#963b Proof</b>,&nbsp; 26.32g .9170 gold, AGW .7757 oz., est. mintage 2,500, $350</p><p><br /></p><p>The scan looks to me to be the silver one, or at the very least the cu-ni proof. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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