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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Three Graces, Silver
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Diamond Diadem Crown, with a pearl drop earring visible; the portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored field. The circular legend ELIZABETH II · FIVE POUNDS · ALDERNEY C. I. is disposed around the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the date 2020 appears in the lower exergual area. The portrait style follows the fourth definitive effigy as used on Channel Islands coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · FIVE POUNDS · ALDERNEY C. I. 2020 |
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The Three Graces design has a long competitive history in British minting — William Wyon's original 1817 pattern for the United Kingdom, featuring the three royal daughters of George III, lost out to Benedetto Pistrucci's Saint George and Dragon for the circulating coinage and was never issued for general use. It survived only as a pattern rarity, which is precisely what gives later tributes to it their commercial rationale.
Alderney, a Crown dependency outside the United Kingdom proper, has issued commemorative coinage under its own authority since 1989, contracting production through the Royal Mint and others.