Issued to mark the 1100th anniversary of Alfred's death in 899 AD, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative silver struck by British Overseas Territories throughout the 1990s — a period when the Royal Mint actively facilitated such programs as a revenue stream for smaller dependencies. The Falkland Islands had no historical connection to Alfred whatsoever; the subject was essentially licensed content.
Alfred remains the only English monarch to carry the epithet "the Great," a distinction earned largely through his defeat of the Great Heathen Army at Edington in 878 and his subsequent program of fortified burhs across Wessex.
Issued to mark the 1100th anniversary of Alfred's death in 899 AD, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative silver struck by British Overseas Territories throughout the 1990s — a period when the Royal Mint actively facilitated such programs as a revenue stream for smaller dependencies. The Falkland Islands had no historical connection to Alfred whatsoever; the subject was essentially licensed content.
Alfred remains the only English monarch to carry the epithet "the Great," a distinction earned largely through his defeat of the Great Heathen Army at Edington in 878 and his subsequent program of fortified burhs across Wessex.