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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II H.M.S. Warspite, 4th Portrait
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The truncation bears the engraver's initials IRB. The legend ALDERNEY and ELIZABETH II arc around the upper field, with the date 2009 positioned at the lower left, all rendered in a frosted cameo finish against a mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of HMS Warspite, the celebrated Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, shown underway at sea with gun turrets visible and billowing smoke rendered in applied color rising from the funnels. A colored White Ensign flies prominently in the upper right field. The ship is framed within a rope border, with two anchor ornaments flanking the denomination inscription FIVE POUNDS in the lower central field. The legend THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY arcs around the upper border, and HMS WARSPITE appears along the lower border. |
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H.M.S. Warspite earned more battle honours than any other ship in Royal Navy history — fifteen, spanning Jutland in 1916 through Walcheren in 1944. The 2009 issue falls within a long-running Alderney programme commemorating British naval heritage, with Warspite a recurring subject given her outsized operational record. She was sold for scrapping in 1947 but ran aground in Prussia Cove, Cornwall before reaching the breakers, and portions of her hull remained on the beach for years.