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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II End of WWII
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a diadem, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncation of the bust is positioned centrally at the lower field, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, with the date 2005 appearing at the lower right of the legend. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guernsey has particular standing when it comes to WWII commemoration. The island was occupied by German forces from June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945 — the only British territory to fall under Nazi occupation during the war. That liberation date, a day after VE Day on the mainland, is still marked annually as Liberation Day and remains the island's most significant public holiday.
KM#168 was issued for the sixtieth anniversary of that liberation, not merely the broader Allied victory.