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1/4 Sovereign - Elizabeth II The 200th Anniversary of Queen Victoria
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a commemorative design marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, engraved by Joel Iskowitz. The central motif depicts a portrait or commemorative composition referencing Queen Victoria's likeness and reign, surrounded by a polished proof field. The circumferential legend reads 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF QUEEN VICTORIA, with QUARTER SOVEREIGN inscribed in the lower portion of the reverse. The design is framed by a fine beaded border consistent with the sovereign series tradition. |
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Alderney has used commemorative coinage as a revenue mechanism since the 1990s, licensing its name to issues that have no practical circulation function. The 200th anniversary of Victoria's birth falls in 2019 — she was born 24 May 1819 — and this quarter sovereign format borrows the denominational structure of a series reintroduced by the Royal Mint in 2009, though Alderney's issues are struck under separate authority and carry no guarantee of interchangeability with British equivalents.
Victoria ruled for 63 years, the longest British reign until Elizabeth II surpassed it in 2015.