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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Sir Winston Churchill
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II ALDERNEY RDM 2005 |
| Reverse description | Central depiction of Sir Winston Churchill standing at a podium and raising his right hand in the iconic V-for-Victory salute, with a period microphone visible to his right. A circular commemorative medallion bearing the Union Flag, the dates 1945 and 2005, and the inscription COMMEMORATION is shown in the lower centre of the design. The encircling legend along the upper field reads 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION - 9TH MAY 1945, with Churchill's famous quoted words continuing around the lower sides of the field. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in the lower exergue. |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Churchill's first term as Prime Minister — he took office in 1940, though the commemorative logic stretches back to his birth in 1874, depending on which anniversary Alderney chose to acknowledge. Alderney, the smallest of the main Channel Islands, issues collector coins under Crown dependency status, meaning these pieces carry legal tender status but were never intended for general circulation.
Churchill died in January 1965; the state funeral drew more heads of government than any such event in the twentieth century.