2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, XIII Commonwealth Games

Guernsey issued this coin to mark the 1986 Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh — the first Games hosted by Scotland. The Edinburgh Games were notable for a politically fraught boycott led by several African and Caribbean nations protesting Margaret Thatcher's refusal to impose sanctions on apartheid South Africa, ultimately reducing participation to 26 of the 59 invited nations.

The KM#48b designation distinguishes this silver striking from the copper-nickel circulation issue, produced primarily for the collector market rather than any commercial use in the Bailiwick.