The fifty pound coin (£50) is a
commemorative denomination of
sterling coinage. Issued for the first time by the
Royal Mint in 2015 and sold at face value, fifty pound coins hold
legal tender
Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt. Each jurisdiction determines what is legal tender, but essentially it is anything which when offered ("tendered") in ...
status but are intended as collectors' items and are not found in general circulation. 100,000 coins will be produced in limited edition presentation.
Design
The designs which have appeared on the fifty pound coin's reverse are summarised in the table below.
See also
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Coins of the pound sterling
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling ( symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling t ...
References
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Coins of the United Kingdom
Silver coins
Fifty-base-unit coins