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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Methodist Church
| Issuer | Government of Anguilla |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANGUILLA METHODIST CHURCH WEST END. |
| Reverse description | The coat of arms of Anguilla occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield supported by a Caribbean spiny lobster on the dexter side and a dolphin on the sinister, with a shell as the crest above. A scroll beneath the shield bears the motto STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE. The denomination numerals 5 5 flank the arms to left and right. The upper legend reads MAY 30 JULY 11 / 1967, referencing key dates of Anguillian independence, while the lower legend reads 1969 ANGUILLA / FIVE DOLLARS. The fineness mark .900 appears at the lower right within the beaded border. |
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Anguilla's 1969–1970 gold issues were produced in the immediate aftermath of the Anguillian Revolution — the almost improbable episode in which the island's population of roughly 6,000 expelled the St. Kitts police force and unilaterally rejected federation with St. Kitts-Nevis, eventually forcing British re-engagement. The coins were struck to generate hard currency and international recognition for a territory that had, for practical purposes, declared itself ungoverned. Few micronational coinage programs have a more genuinely dramatic origin.