Victoria Cross Heroic Acts

Queen Elizabeth II 50p: Victoria Cross Heroic Acts

Circulating mintage:

10,000,500

Years of issue:

2006

Scarcity Index:

1 - Common More info

Coin Information:

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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