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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Gothic - Portrait, Gold
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the design by Jody Clark, wearing the George IV State Diadem and an ornately jewelled robe with a decorative lattice-and-floral collar. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored field. The engraver's initials JC appear at lower left. The circumferential legend is rendered in Gothic blackletter script and reads ELIZABETH DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS, the issuer ALDERNEY C.I., and the date 2021 completing the inscription around the periphery, all within a border of alternating pellets and Gothic trefoil ornaments. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, closely modelled after William Wyon's celebrated Gothic Crown portrait of 1847, wearing an ornate medieval-style crown and an elaborately embroidered robe with interlaced Celtic knotwork and floral motifs on the collar. The effigy is struck in exceptionally high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field, faithfully reproducing the refined neoclassical gothic aesthetic of the original Wyon design. The circumferential legend in Gothic blackletter script reads VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D, enclosed within a finely beaded inner border and an outer border of alternating pellets and Gothic trefoil ornaments. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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