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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II The 200th Anniversary of Queen Victoria, Silver Proof
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2019 |
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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, drop pearl earrings, and a necklace, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · arcs around the upper field, with ALDERNEY C.I. continuing around the lower right. The date 2019 appears in the lower exergual area. A fine beaded border frames the entire composition against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · ALDERNEY C.I. 2019 |
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Alderney's commemorative program has long operated as a revenue-generating vehicle for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which administers the island and licenses its coin issues through the Royal Mint and private minting houses. The 2019 Queen Victoria bicentenary fell within a crowded commemorative market — the UK itself issued multiple competing pieces the same year — making Alderney's entry one of several dozen worldwide issues marking the same anniversary.
Victoria was born 24 May 1819. She died having never visited Alderney.