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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landing 21.20, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and wearing drop earrings, after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, separated by raised dots, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS at the left and the date 2019 at the base of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY · IRB FIVE POUNDS · 2019 |
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Guernsey's relationship with D-Day is not merely commemorative — the island was the only British territory occupied by German forces during the war, liberated on 9 May 1945, nearly a year after the Normandy landings it had no part in launching. That occupation lasted four years and nine months, during which the island's population endured forced labor deportations, food shortages severe enough to require Red Cross intervention, and the construction of fortifications that still scar the coastline.
The Royal Mint struck this piece under contract, as Guernsey has no production facility of its own.