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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Duke of Wellington
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and pearl earring, after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY arcs around the periphery, with the date 2002 at lower right. The engraver's initials IRB appear on the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY IRB 2002 |
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Issued to mark the bicentenary of Wellington's most formative early campaigns, this Guernsey crown-sized piece appeared two years before the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar prompted a flood of competing commemoratives from British Crown Dependencies. Wellington himself had Irish connections exploited throughout his career — he famously and sourly denied the relevance of his Dublín birthplace — but Guernsey's claim to him rests purely on the commemorative licensing arrangements common to the island's prolific 2000s collector program rather than any biographical link.