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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landing 21.20
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and wearing a drop earring, rendered in fine detail after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The circular legend reads 'ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY' in the upper field, with 'FIVE POUNDS' to the left and the date '2019' along the lower arc, separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Guernsey's position in this subject is not incidental. The island was occupied by German forces from June 1940 until May 1945 — the only British territory to fall under Nazi administration during the war — making it the sole part of the Crown Dependencies with a direct, lived experience of the occupation that D-Day ultimately ended. The liberation came not with the landings themselves in June 1944, but nearly a year later, after the German garrison surrendered following the general armistice.