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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II The 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features an astronaut in full spacesuit standing on the lunar surface, with the Earth visible in the background against a starfield. The composition is set within a large numeral '50', commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in the lower portion of the design, flanked by commemorative date range elements. The surrounding legend THE FIRST MOON LANDING · 1969·2019 arcs along the upper periphery of the coin within a dentilated border. |
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Alderney has operated as a prolific issuer of commemorative coinage since the 1990s, its dependency status allowing the Royal Mint and other producers to strike collector pieces under its authority without affecting UK circulation coinage. The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 generated a predictable flood of issues across multiple jurisdictions in 2019, and this gold proof sits squarely within that wave.
Apollo 11 landed on July 20, 1969. Beyond that, nothing about this particular striking distinguishes itself from the broader commemorative market.