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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee - The Faithful Companion
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The peripheral legend reads ALDERNEY FIVE POUNDS ELIZABETH II, with the date 2013 also incorporated in the inscription. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the characteristic Rank-Broadley fourth definitive style. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALDERNEY FIVE POUNDS ELIZABETH II IRB 2013 |
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Alderney, the smallest of the three main Channel Islands with a population under 2,000, has issued commemorative crowns under British authority since the 1990s — functioning as legal tender on the island but produced entirely for the collector market. This piece appeared a year after the Diamond Jubilee itself, part of a broader licensing arrangement between the Royal Mint and private distributors that generated dozens of thematically overlapping issues across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously.