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1 Sovereign - Charles III Winston Churchill
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in fine relief after the portrait by Jody Clark, with naturalistic detailing of the hair and facial features. The circular legend reads CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · ALDERNEY around the periphery, with the date 2024 positioned at the base flanked by pellets. The engraver's initials JC appear below the truncation. A fine beaded border frames the entire design against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Churchill's connection to Alderney is largely incidental — the island's real Churchill association runs through the wartime evacuation of 1940, when virtually the entire civilian population was ordered to leave before German occupation, a decision made under the government Churchill had just taken over. Alderney was the only British territory to suffer that fate in its entirety, and it endured some of the worst forced labor conditions in the Channel Islands.
The sovereign specification here — 22ct, 8g — follows the standard set by the Royal Mint since the recoinage of 1817.