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20 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1999-2012 |
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| Value | 20 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, shown crowned and draped. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation of the bust. The Guernsey coat of arms badge appears in the field behind the Queen's head. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey's coinage has always operated on a quiet legal peculiarity: the island is a Crown dependency, not part of the United Kingdom, and issues its own currency at parity with sterling but under no obligation to accept UK coinage as legal tender. The 4th portrait of Elizabeth II, sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, replaced Raphael Maklouf's 3rd effigy across British and dependent territories from 1998 onward — Guernsey adopted it the following year.
KM#90 ran for over a decade with no major design intervention, a relatively long uninterrupted run for a Guernsey decimal issue.