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25 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen Mother's 100th Birthday
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II ALDERNEY 2000 |
| Reverse description | Central design by David Cornell depicting Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother seated at a draped table in the foreground, surrounded by five standing members of the Royal Family arranged in a group portrait. The Queen Mother is shown wearing a hat, with the assembled figures rendered in low relief against a plain field. A decorative banner inscribed 'CENTENARY' appears along the lower portion of the central design. The legend 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER' arcs around the upper periphery, with the denomination '25 POUNDS' inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Issued to mark Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's centenary, this coin appeared in the summer of 2000 when the Queen Mother became the first British royal consort to reach 100 in the modern era. Alderney, the smallest of the self-governing Channel Islands with a population under 2,500, has issued commemorative gold since the 1990s largely as a revenue mechanism — the island has no meaningful domestic coin circulation.
The .916 fineness matches the historic crown gold standard used in British coinage for centuries, a deliberate nod to continuity in pieces aimed squarely at the collector market.