Design and Technology: Designing Commemorative Coins

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Design and Technology Designing Commemorative
Coins
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The United Kingdom's accession to the European
Economic Community
The inscription reads 50 PENCE and above it is
the year of issue. Nine hands are clasped
together, meant to represent the nine members of
the European Community at the time. The way the
hands are clasped together shows trust,
assistance and friendship.
1973
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The United Kingdom's Presidency of the Council of
Ministers and the completion of the Single
European Market
The inscription on this coin reads 50 PENCE and
gives the years in which the UK was the President
of the council of Ministers of the European
Union. The picture is of a table with twelve
chairs (one for each member state at the time)
and the lines between the chairs show how the
nations in the community form a network The
twelve stars represent the twelve nations, with
the largest star representing Britain.
1992-93
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50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings
This design represents the Allied invasion force
heading for Normandy filling the sea and sky.
1994
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United Kingdom's Presidency of the European
Union, and the 25th Anniversary of the United
Kingdom's accession to the European Economic
Community
The design shows 12 stars from the flag of the
European Union arranged in a celebratory pattern.
This is to celebrate the United Kingdom being the
President of the European Union It also shows the
years 1973 and 1998, to mark the 25th anniversary
of the UK joining the European Economic Community.
1998
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50th Anniversary of the National Health Service
A pair of hands set against a pattern of
radiating lines with the words FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY and the value 50 PENCE, accompanied
by the letters NHS which appear five times on
the outer border.
1998
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150th Anniversary of the Public Libraries Act
The turning pages of a book, the anniversary
dates 1850 and 2000, and the value 50
PENCE, all above a classical library building on
which appear the words PUBLIC LIBRARIES
and within the pediment representations of
compact discs an allusion to modern forms of
learning.
2000
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100th Anniversary of the formation of the Women's
Social and Political Union
The figure of a suffragette chained to railings
and holding a banner on which appear the letters
WSPU, to the right a ballot paper marked with a
cross and the words GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE, to the
left the value 50 PENCE, and below and to
the far right the anniversary dates 1903 and
2003.
2003
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50th Anniversary of the first four-minute mile by
Roger Bannister
The legs of a running athlete with a stylised
stopwatch in the background and the value 50
PENCE below.
2004
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250th Anniversary of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
of the English Language
Entries from the dictionary for the words
FIFTY and PENCE, with the figure 50 above,
and the inscription JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY, 1755
below.
2005
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150th Anniversary of the Institution of
the Victoria Cross
Depiction of the obverse and reverse of a
Victoria Cross with the date 29 JAN 1856 in the
centre of the reverse of the Cross, the letters
VC and the value FIFTY PENCE below.
2006
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150th Anniversary of the Institution of
the Victoria Cross
Depiction of a soldier carrying a wounded comrade
with an outline of the Victoria Cross surrounded
by a sunburst effect in the background and the
words FIFTY PENCE.
2006
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Centenary of the Foundation of the Scouting
Movement
A fleur-de-lis superimposed over a globe and
surrounded by the inscription BE PREPARED, the
dates 1907 and 2007, and the denomination
FIFTY PENCE.
2007