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2 Sovereigns - Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee

Issuer Alderney
Year 2022
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Composition Gold (.9167) (with 8.33% Platinum)
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Obverse lettering ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · ALDERNEY · C.I. JC 2022
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Reverse lettering UNBREAKABLE LEAGUE · DOUBLE SOVEREIGN J.CLARK
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Alderney's legal tender coinage is issued under a royal warrant but struck by the Royal Mint on behalf of the Bailiwick — a dependency arrangement that gives these pieces nominal face value without any expectation of circulation. The 2022 Platinum Jubilee marked 70 years of Elizabeth II's reign, the longest of any British monarch, and prompted a wave of commemorative issues across Crown Dependencies and Commonwealth territories.

The deliberate alloying of platinum into the gold gives this piece its commemorative rationale — the metal itself references the jubilee designation rather than serving any monetary or metallurgical necessity.

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