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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central design within a raised inner circle depicts four military parachutes in various stages of descent, with paratroopers suspended beneath two of them, above a twin-engine transport aircraft rendered in profile at the upper field, commemorating the Allied airborne operations of the D-Day landings of June 1944. The engraver's initials JS appear at the lower left of the inner circle. The circumferential legend ALDERNEY D-DAY ANNIVERSARY arcs around the upper field, while the denomination 10 POUNDS is inscribed in the lower exergue, all within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1994 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Alderney's position in the D-Day story is direct and brutal: the island had been under German occupation since 1940 and housed four forced-labor camps, including the only SS-run concentration camp on British soil, Lager Sylt. Liberation came in May 1945, nearly a year after the Normandy landings this coin commemorates — the Channel Islands were bypassed rather than liberated on June 6th, left to surrender only after Germany's general capitulation.
The 1994 issue marks the 50th anniversary. At 3.13 g of .999 gold, it shares its specification with the standard quarter-sovereign format popularized by the Royal Mint for commemorative issues of this period.