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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Edward IV
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a jewelled crown with floral ornaments, pearl drop earring visible, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncation of the neck bears the engraver's initials IRB. The legend ALDERNEY arcs across the upper field and ELIZABETH II curves along the right, with the date 2007 positioned in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Mintage | 2007 - Proof - 30,000 |
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Alderney's commemorative program has long leaned on English medieval monarchy as subject matter, and Edward IV makes reasonable enough fodder — he presided over the first Yorkist reign, defeated the Lancastrians at Towton in 1461 in what remains the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil, and was briefly deposed before reclaiming the throne in 1471. The gold-plated format places this squarely in the mass-market collectibles trade of the 2000s, produced by the Pobjoy Mint under license from the Crown Dependency.