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10 Pounds - Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Wellington
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Half-length portrait of the Duke of Wellington in full military dress uniform, depicted facing slightly left and rendered in color with his distinctive red coat and decorations. An inscription to the right of the figure attributes the famous quotation to the Duke, with his birth and death years appearing below his name. |
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Arthur Wellesley's connection to Guernsey is thin by design — the island's authorities have issued coins commemorating British military figures with little geographic justification since the 1990s, and Wellington is among the more commercially motivated selections. What is historically sound is the timing: 2019 marked the 250th anniversary of Wellington's birth in Dublin, which drove a wave of commemorative issues across multiple mints and jurisdictions simultaneously.