Pobjoy Issues Holiday Coin – NumisMaster

by The Web on December 9, 2008

in NumisMaster, Pobjoy Mint, World Coins

Pobjoy Mint has kicked off the holiday season by issuing a Christmas coin on behalf of the Isle of Man Treasury. The reverse of the 50-pence coin depicts four calling birds, borrowed from a verse of the popular carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

The obverse bears the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley. The coin is the fourth in Pobjoy's Christmas series marking each of the 12 days.

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