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5 Pounds - Charles III D-Day, Gold Plated
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#414a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alderney was the only British territory occupied by German forces during World War II, a fact that gives the island's D-Day commemoratives a weight of specificity that similar issues from the mainland lack. The occupation lasted from July 1940 until liberation in May 1945, and most of the civilian population had been evacuated beforehand — returning to find their homes looted and their island fortified.
The gold-plated copper format places this squarely in the modern commemorative trade, struck for collectors rather than circulation.