Specifications:

2009 Royal Mint Celebrating 40 Years of the 50p Coin Royal Shield of Arms 50p Fifty Pence Gold Plated Proof Coin with Platinum Plating

Issuing Country: United Kingdom

Weight: 8.00 Grams / Diameter: 27.30mm

Quality: Gold Plated Proof with Part Plated with Pure Platinum

Presented: Coin as Shown

In 2009 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the First 50p Coin, the Royal Mint released in conjunction with the London Mint Office released a very Limited Issue Royal Shield of Arms 50p Fifty Pence Gold Plated Proof Coin part plated with pure Platinum.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.