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Specifications |
| Issued |
2000 |
| Diameter |
27.30mm |
| Weight |
8g |
| Composition |
75% copper, 25% nickel
(referred to as cupro-nickel) |
| Obverse |
Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Reverse |
Mary Milner Dickens |
| Edge |
Plain |
| Inscription |
1850 and 2000,50
PENCE,and the words "PUBLIC LIBRARIES" |
| Mintage |
11,263,000 |
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| B.U pack |
C |
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| £4.95 |
L |
| 2000 |
I |
| UKPLBUBC |
C |
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Sold |
10,205 |
K |
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Design
details:
The Public Libraries Act of 1850 was an Act of Parliament which first gave
local boroughs the power to establish free public libraries. It was the
first legal step towards the creation of universal access to information
and literature, and it is seen as a milestone in the social education of
the country, The coin shows turning pages of a book, above a classical
library building and, within the pediment, representations of compact
discs.
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