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Specifications |
| Issued |
2013 |
| Diameter |
27.30mm |
| Weight |
8g |
| Composition |
75% copper, 25% nickel
(referred to as cupro-nickel) |
| Obverse |
Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Reverse |
Tom Phillips |
| Edge |
Plain |
| Inscription |
BLOW BUGLE BLOW
and SET THE WILD ECHOES FLYING as well as the composer’s name
in a stave. |
| Mintage |
5,300,000. Not struck in base metal proof, not in Annual set. |
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B.U pack |
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£8.00 |
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2013 |
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Product code |
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UK13BBBU |
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Sold |
5,098 |
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Design
details: The first 50p with date and denomination on obverse.
In his busy life, Britten compiled an impressive and diverse body of work
ranging across many genres and moods. He was also an outstanding pianist
and conductor. Since his death in 1976, Britten's reputation as one of the
greatest musicians of the age has continued to grow. This 50p design has
been issued to commemorate the centenary of his birth in 1913, and
features celebratory words from Tennyson set against a double stave -
referencing the piano on which Britten was a virtuoso.
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