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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II - 75th Birthday - Silver
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 9.5 g |
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| Reverse description | A mature, three-quarter facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara occupies the centre of the field, encircled by an ornate wreath of intertwining floral and foliate scrollwork. The commemorative legend THE 75th BIRTHDAY OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination ONE POUND is inscribed along the lower border within the wreath. The composition is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field, lending the design an elegant, celebratory character. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey has historically used royal milestone anniversaries as a reliable vehicle for commemorative silver issues aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. The 75th birthday series produced across multiple Crown Dependencies in 2001 followed a well-established pattern, with Guernsey maintaining its own independent coinage rights granted under the Bailiwick's constitutional relationship with the Crown — a status distinct from both UK law and European monetary arrangements that predates decimalization by centuries.