Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926, making 2026 her centenary year — the first British monarch whose hundredth birthday will be commemorated posthumously, she having died in September 2022. Alderney, a dependency of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with its own coin-issuing authority, has produced commemorative issues tied to the Crown since the 1990s. This 0.5g fractional gold strikes in that tradition, sized for the modern bullion gift market rather than any pretense of circulation.
Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926, making 2026 her centenary year — the first British monarch whose hundredth birthday will be commemorated posthumously, she having died in September 2022. Alderney, a dependency of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with its own coin-issuing authority, has produced commemorative issues tied to the Crown since the 1990s. This 0.5g fractional gold strikes in that tradition, sized for the modern bullion gift market rather than any pretense of circulation.