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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II The Mary Rose, 4th Portrait
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a detailed rendering of the Mary Rose, the famous 16th-century Tudor warship of the Royal Navy, shown underway on stylized waves with sails set and a colorized White Ensign flying from the mainmast. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in the right field. The circular legend THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY arcs across the upper periphery, while THE MARY ROSE is inscribed along the lower border, both in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Mary Rose sank in July 1545 during an engagement with a French invasion fleet in the Solent, almost certainly due to a combination of open gun ports and a sharp turn in high winds. Henry VIII reportedly watched from the shore as she went down. When the wreck was raised in 1982 — one of the most technically complex marine salvage operations ever attempted in British waters — excavators recovered over 19,000 artifacts, including longbows whose draw weights modern archers struggle to replicate.