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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II End of World War II, Gold Proof
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II ALDERNEY RDM 2005 |
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| Reverse lettering | END OF WORLD WAR II 60th ANNIVERSARY FIVE POUNDS COMMEMORATION WWII 1945 2005 |
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Alderney's position in this commemorative is not incidental. The island was occupied by German forces from July 1940 until liberation in May 1945 — the only British territory to experience full Nazi occupation during the war. Most of the civilian population had been evacuated beforehand, and a significant portion of those who remained, along with thousands of forced laborers brought to build fortifications, did not survive.
The KM#53b designation distinguishes this gold proof from the silver and base-metal variants struck in the same series.