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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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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central composition depicting three jubilant civilians — two women and one soldier — waving Union Jack flags in celebration of victory, with additional flags surrounding them and a partial profile of a male figure at lower left. In the lower center, a shield-shaped emblem bears the inscription COMMEMORATION with WWII and the dates 1945 and 2005 interlaced. The legend END OF WORLD WAR II 60TH ANNIVERSARY arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed along the lower border. |
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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.