UK 50 PENCE RARE SEVEN EDGED LARGE SIZE HEPTAGON 50p  FIFTY PENCE COIN

1983 ISSUE - THE FIFTY PENCE COIN WAS ISSUED TO REPLACE THE OLD TEN SHILLING NOTE - OR 'TEN BOB' AS IT WAS CALLED.  THE FIFTY PENCE COIN IS STILL AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE 'TEN BOB COIN' IN SOME PARTS OF YORKSHIRE

LARGER SIZE COIN WEIGHING 13.50 GRAMS, WITH A 75% COPPER AND 25% NICKEL CONTENT (THERE IS GOOD COPPER CONTENT IN THIS COIN !)

INTERESTING COIN DEPICTING BRITANNIA ON THE REVERSE SAT ON A LION WITH UK SHIELD AND TRIDENT, AND HOLDING A 9 LEAF LAUREL WREATH

INSCRIPTION ABOVE SHOWS 'FIFTY PENCE' AND AT THE BOTTOM - THE NUMBER 50

ON THE FRONT IS THE YOUNG QUEENS HEAD WEARING CROWN, BUT NO NECKLACE

AROUND THE FRONT ARE THE WORDS  ' D : G : REG : F : D : 1983    ELIZABETH II

LOW MINTAGE

SOLD IN USED CIRCULATED CONDITION, BUT A GOOD NICE SHINY COIN

WILL POST WORLDWIDE