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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Charles Dickens, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#129a |
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| Reverse lettering | CHARLES DICKENS FIVE POUNDS |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Alderney has no meaningful connection to Dickens — the island simply licensed its mint authority to the Royal Mint for commemorative issues, a revenue arrangement common among the smaller Channel Island dependencies in the 2000s. The 2006 date marks the 196th anniversary of Dickens's birth, an unremarkable interval chosen purely to fill a product slot rather than observe any particular milestone.