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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Florence Nightingale
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the design by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The circular legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY along the upper periphery, with the date 2020 positioned at the base. The engraver's initials IRB appear beneath the truncation of the bust. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth, this Crown-sized commemorative comes from a Channel Island with its own direct connection to nursing history — Guernsey-born nurses served in Crimea-era military hospitals during precisely the period Nightingale was overhauling British medical practice. The coin was released in the same year the WHO had declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, a designation that acquired unexpected weight when COVID-19 reshaped global healthcare within weeks of that calendar year beginning.