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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II The Queen Mother, Gold Proof
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a drop earring, modeled by Ian Rank-Broadley after his fourth definitive portrait of the Queen. The truncation of the bust bears the engraver's initials 'IRB'. The circumferential legend reads 'ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY' with the date '2002' positioned to the lower right, all rendered against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in March 2002 at age 101, this Guernsey gold proof was produced in the same commemorative wave that saw nearly every British Crown dependency and Commonwealth territory rush a memorial coin to market within months of her passing. The sheer volume of issues from that year makes individual mintage figures the critical distinguishing factor between genuinely scarce pieces and the flood of collector fodder produced concurrently.