Nauru issued this piece to mark the wartime story of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's refusal to leave Buckingham Palace after it was struck by German bombs in September 1940. Her remark — that she could now "look the East End in the face" — became one of the more repeated lines of the Blitz. The Bank of Nauru had no particular historical connection to the event; the coin is squarely a commemorative export product aimed at collector markets.
Nauru issued this piece to mark the wartime story of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's refusal to leave Buckingham Palace after it was struck by German bombs in September 1940. Her remark — that she could now "look the East End in the face" — became one of the more repeated lines of the Blitz. The Bank of Nauru had no particular historical connection to the event; the coin is squarely a commemorative export product aimed at collector markets.