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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Endurance
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with pearl earring visible, rendered in fine detail after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The engraver's initials IRB appear on the truncation below the neck. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, with the date 2009 positioned at the lower right of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY IRB 2009 |
| Reverse description | Depiction of the three-masted barquentine SY Endurance beset and trapped in Antarctic pack ice, her hull and rigging rendered in precise detail against a dramatic frozen seascape. In the background, figures representing Sir Ernest Shackleton and members of his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 are shown amid the ice floes. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in the legend along with the inscription ENDURANCE, commemorating the centenary of Shackleton's legendary voyage of survival. |
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