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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Remembrance Day, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Diamond Diadem Crown, with drop earring visible, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The portrait, engraved by Joel Iskowitz, presents the Queen with finely detailed hair curls and a draped neckline. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · ALDERNEY C.I., with the date 2018 appearing in the lower exergual area. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alderney sits closest of all the Channel Islands to the Normandy coast — a geographic fact that gave it an outsized role in both World Wars. The island was entirely evacuated in June 1940 and subsequently occupied by German forces, who used it as a heavily fortified garrison. Nearly all its pre-war population were still displaced when liberation came in 1945, returning to a largely stripped and damaged community. That history gives any Remembrance issue from this dependency a specificity that equivalent pieces from mainland mints lack.
The Royal Mint strikes Alderney issues under a licensing arrangement with the island's administration.