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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Poppy, We Will Remember Them
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2012-2013 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The circular legend reads ALDERNEY FIVE POUNDS ELIZABETH II, with the date 2012 positioned to the lower right of the portrait. The field is polished to a brilliant uncirculated finish, providing strong contrast to the finely detailed relief of the queen's hair and jewelry. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Alderney's poppy commemoratives occupy a crowded field — the Royal Mint and various private licensees have produced dozens of similar issues for the British market — but this piece carries specific weight given the island's own wartime history. German forces occupied Alderney from 1940 to 1945, and the island's entire civilian population had been evacuated beforehand, leaving it uniquely depopulated among the Channel Islands during the occupation. Four forced labor camps operated there under Organisation Todt.
KM#219 spans two years of issue, suggesting steady secondary market demand rather than a single commemorative run.