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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II DBF: Bob Doe, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Jersey (British Crown dependencies) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirrored proof field. The sovereign's name and issuer legend are inscribed around the upper periphery, with the date at the base, all in Latin script. |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust portrait of RAF Battle of Britain ace Robert Doe depicted in civilian dress, occupying the left portion of the field in high-relief proof finish. To the right, a color-printed panel displays vertical stripes in red, dark blue, and light blue, evocative of RAF roundel colors, overlaid with a rectangular cartouche inscribed BATTLE OF BRITAIN. The Dangerous Flying Foundation (DBF) logo, incorporating a stylized aircraft, appears at the top center of the field. The pilot's name ROBERT DOE is engraved on a raised tablet below the portrait, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Jersey issued a succession of silver proof commemoratives through the 2000s under licensing arrangements that brought in outside designers — Bob Doe among them — for portrait and commemorative work that the island's own administration rarely handled in-house. The "DBF" designation marks this as a definitive base format proof, a classification used internally to distinguish standard-specification silver proofs from the heavier or larger prestige issues that shared the same nominal face value.
The 28.28g / 38.6mm specification was by this period the de facto benchmark for Commonwealth proof silver £5 pieces, adopted widely enough that dies and blanks could be sourced across multiple mints.