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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II City of Truro
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the tiara known as the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland. The legend ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY arcs around the upper periphery, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS and the date 2004 placed in the lower field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY IRB 2004 |
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The City of Truro locomotive, built by William Dean for the Great Western Railway in 1903, is widely credited as the first steam engine to reach 100 mph — a claim made for a run down Wellington Bank in May 1904, though the timing was never officially verified and remains disputed by railway historians. Guernsey's decision to commemorate a piece of English railway history is purely commercial; the island issued dozens of such five-pound crowns in the early 2000s targeting the British collector market rather than any local circulation need.