2022 Guernsey – Around the World in 80 Days 50p BU Set

2022 Guernsey – Around the World in 80 Days 50p BU Set

• Country of Issue: Guernsey
• Year of Issue: 2022
• Coin Diameter: 27.30mm
• Coin Weight: 8g
• Obverse: Ian Rank Broadley FRBS
• Reverse: Stephen Lee
• Metal: Cupro-Nickel
• Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated in Westminster Packaging

Five British Isles 50p coins have been released, issued to celebrate the 150^th Anniversary of Jules Verne’s epic adventure story; Around the World in 80 Days.

A global hit when first released in 1872, it has since been translated into hundreds of languages, adapted into numerous films and TV shows and even inspired multiple real-life imitations. However, this is FIRST TIME the classic novel has been commemorated on a set of 50p coins.

FIVE 50p Coins Approved By Her Majesty the Queen

This stunning set – authorised for release by Guernsey Treasury and officially approved by Her Majesty the Queen – features FIVE coins each struck to superior Brilliant Uncirculated Quality.

Designed by renowned artist Stephen Lee, each 50p depicts a key destination that Phileas Fogg and his French Valet Passepartout visited in the book, so they could travel around the world in just 80 days; London, San Francisco, Singapore, Yokohama and Allahabad.