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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Dunkirk Evacuation, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alderney, a Crown dependency with its own coin-issuing authority, has produced commemorative strikes under Royal Mint contract since the 1990s, with most pieces manufactured at the Pobjoy Mint or the Royal Mint itself rather than on the island. The Dunkirk evacuation of May–June 1940 holds particular resonance for the Channel Islands: within days of the last Allied soldiers leaving Dunkirk's beaches, the British government made the painful decision to demilitarize and abandon the islands entirely, leaving the civilian population to German occupation for nearly five years.
Alderney itself was almost entirely evacuated before German forces arrived — fewer than a hundred residents remained out of a pre-war population of around 1,400.