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A new 50p coin celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee is being launched at Post Office branches from today.

Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The head features Her Majesty on a horse, while the tail shows the number 70 to commemorate her years in the monarch.It was designed by artists Osborne Ross and Jody Clark as it's the first 50p to mark a royal event.Around 1.3million coins are being made available on "limited release" at UK Post Offices from Monday.Its maximum mintage of the coins has been fixed at 5,000,070, in a further tribute to the Queen's 70 years on the throne.Post Offices in Windsor and close to Sandringham were among the first places to receive the new coin.Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletterColin Bellamy, who runs the Coin Hunter website, said it will not be "super rare" but likely to be worth a lot, reports Mirror.

Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne, the maximum coin mintage is set at 5,000,070 coins.It will feature a commemorative Platinum Jubilee design on the "tails" side of the coin. The coin will come a whopping seven decades after Her Majesty's accession to the throne in 1952.It is believed the Royal Mint has already started to strike the coins at its secure site in South Wales.

The Royal Mint has announced it will be releasing an exclusive 50p coin to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.