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1000 Pounds - Elizabeth II Last Flight of the Concorde
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse lettering | CONCORDE 1969-2003 1000 POUNDS |
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| Mintage | 2003 - Proof - 34 |
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Concorde's final commercial flights took place on October 24, 2003, when Air France retired its fleet, followed by British Airways on November 26. The decision was ultimately commercial and reputational — the 2000 Air France crash at Gonesse, which killed 113 people, had grounded the type for over a year, and the post-9/11 collapse in transatlantic luxury travel made the economics unworkable. British Airways and Air France had actually been offered the aircraft for free by Airbus; both declined.
Alderney, a small dependency of the British Crown with its own issuing authority, produced several Concorde commemoratives across its final years of service. At a kilogram of 22-carat gold, this piece was struck in extremely limited numbers — production at that weight and diameter is a significant minting undertaking in itself.