In 1998 to celebrate Christmas, the PobJoy Mint on behalf of the Isle of Man released a Limited Issue Preparing the Christmas Pudding 50p Fifty Pence Coin First Day Cover struck in a Diamond Finish.

The reverse design features a family scene Preparing a Christmas Pudding while the obverse features Ian Rank Broadley's Fourth Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

• Limited Mintage of 500 Worldwide
• Finished to Pobjoy Mint's Proof Quality
• Celebrating Christmas - Preparing the Pudding
• First Day Cover