1987 Thornycroft Bus Fifty Pence Isle Of Man Coin

The 1987 Isle of Man Christmas 50p features a vintage Thornycroft bust on a street in Douglas: a one-year-only design used on these circulated coins.

• Figures board the bus with presents, while a cat sits in the foreground in this Christmas scene
• Raphael Maklouf designed the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that appears on the obverse
• Die letters are shown beneath the front wheel, while a PM mintmark appears below the portrait
• This is a circulated Manx currency Fifty Pence, made for the Isle of Man by the Pobjoy Mint