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5 Pounds Elizabeth II 75th Anniversary-V.E. Day
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted as a right-facing diademed and draped bust occupying the central field. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, with the date 2020 positioned at the lower right. The engraver's initials IRB appear beneath the truncation of the neck. The portrait is rendered in fine relief with characteristic detail in the Queen's hair and diadem. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse design by Mike Guilfoyle commemorates the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. A uniformed soldier is depicted to the left in the foreground, while a silhouetted composition in the central and upper field portrays members of the Royal Family and Winston Churchill appearing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The celebratory legend GOD BLESS YOU ALL THIS IS YOUR VICTORY arcs above the scene, referencing Churchill's famous VE Day address. The denomination £5 is inscribed in the lower field beneath the balcony silhouette. |
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Issued to mark the 75th anniversary of V.E. Day, May 8, 1945 held particular weight for the Channel Islands — Guernsey had been under German occupation since June 1940, making liberation not an abstract Allied victory but the literal end of nearly five years of requisitioned property, food rationing enforced by an occupying force, and the deportation of some island residents to internment camps on the continent. The island's commemorative program has returned to this date repeatedly, and understandably so.
The copper-nickel crown format here follows the Royal Mint's long-standing licensing arrangement with Crown Dependencies for collector-oriented five-pound pieces.