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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Remembrance Day, Gold Proof
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in high relief against a polished field with vivid colored enamel depicting red poppies in the background. The legend ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · ALDERNEY C. I. arcs around the periphery in Latin characters, with the date 2018 positioned in the lower exergue. The portrait is executed in the fourth definitive effigy style as used on Channel Island coinage of this period. A beaded inner border frames the design. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a vivid colored enamel composition of red Flanders poppies in full bloom, densely arranged to evoke the fields of remembrance. The denomination £2 appears prominently in the center of the design. Surrounding the poppy motif, a circular legend carries the opening lines of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields': IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW, THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW. The design is framed by a reeded edge and a fine beaded border, combining poignant symbolic imagery with fine proof craftsmanship to commemorate the centenary of Remembrance Day. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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