Alderney's oversized silver issues of this period were produced by the Pobjoy Mint under license, part of a broader trend among British Crown Dependencies exploiting their technically separate issuing authority to produce collector pieces that would never see the island's pockets. Alderney's permanent population sits below 2,000, making its currency output per capita arguably the highest of any jurisdiction on earth.
Alderney's oversized silver issues of this period were produced by the Pobjoy Mint under license, part of a broader trend among British Crown Dependencies exploiting their technically separate issuing authority to produce collector pieces that would never see the island's pockets. Alderney's permanent population sits below 2,000, making its currency output per capita arguably the highest of any jurisdiction on earth.