Marking the 150th Anniversary of the institution of the Victoria Cross

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Specifications
Issued 2006
Diameter 27.30mm
Weight 8g
Composition 75% copper, 25% nickel (referred to as cupro-nickel)
Obverse Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse Clive Duncan
Edge Plain
Inscription The value FIFTY PENCE.
Mintage 10,000,500
B.U pack
£6.95 twin pack
2006
Product code
UKVC2BP
Sold 37,176
 

Design details:

The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallantry that a British and Commonwealth serviceman can achieve. The original version of this design for the 150th Anniversary of the VC was reportedly personally vetoed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown as it appeared to show a soldier being shot in the back.

 
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