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| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alderney, the smallest of the three main Channel Islands with its own distinct coinage authority, has issued commemorative pieces under a license arrangement since the 1990s — the coins are legal tender on the island but exist almost entirely for the collector market. This 2001 five-pound gold proof falls squarely into that category: a high-value bullion-adjacent piece with no meaningful circulation history and a mintage calibrated to collector demand rather than any monetary need.