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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landing 01.20
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and wearing a pearl drop earring, after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The surrounding legend reads '· ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY ·' in the upper arc, with '· FIVE POUNDS · 2019 ·' in the lower arc, all rendered in capital Roman lettering against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey's position in this subject matter is not incidental. The island was occupied by German forces from June 1940 until May 1945 — the only British territory to fall under Nazi occupation — making it one of the few places in the Crown Dependencies with direct, lived experience of the regime the D-Day landings were mounted to defeat. The liberation of Guernsey came nearly a year after the Normandy invasion itself, on May 9, 1945, now observed as Liberation Day and a public holiday on the island.