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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Royal Navy
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Edge | Milled |
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| Mintage | 2012 - BU |
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Guernsey has no standing navy of its own, which makes this issue something of an anomaly — the Royal Navy being celebrated here is strictly British, honored from a Crown Dependency that sits closer to France than to England. The 2012 date aligns with a broader wave of British armed forces commemoratives tied loosely to Diamond Jubilee-year patriotism rather than any specific naval anniversary.
KM#195 was struck in the standard copper-nickel used across Guernsey's commemorative crown-sized program of the period, a format the States of Guernsey leaned on heavily for collector revenue throughout the 2000s and 2010s.