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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II End of World War I - Remembrance
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#186 |
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| Obverse lettering | ALDERNEY ELIZABETH II IRB 2008 |
| Reverse description | A solemn commemorative composition depicting two World War I British infantrymen in full battle dress and steel Brodie helmets, one bowing his head in mourning before a row of simple wooden cross grave markers set into churned battlefield earth. A profusion of poppies blooms in the lower right foreground, symbolising remembrance of the fallen. The denomination legend FIVE POUNDS curves along the upper right field in raised Latin lettering, framed by an irregular rocky border evoking the devastated landscape of the Western Front. |
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Alderney occupied a peculiar position in the First World War's memory — the island was evacuated and occupied by German forces in the Second World War, not the First, leaving its relationship to WWI commemoration somewhat abstracted from direct local experience. The Royal Mint struck this piece under license, as Alderney's Crown Dependency status permits it to issue legal tender coins that are produced and quality-controlled entirely off-island.
KM#186 is one of several near-identical 28.28g silver issues Alderney released across the 2000s under broad commemorative themes, sharing specifications with standard Commonwealth crown-sized pieces of the period.