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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Total Eclipse of the Sun
| Issuer | States of Alderney |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, with the initials RDM visible below the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail on the crown's beadwork and the Queen's curled hair. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and ALDERNEY along the lower right, both in raised capital letters following the coin's circumference. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II ALDERNEY RDM |
| Reverse description | The central field features a raised outline map of Alderney set against a dark background, around which five crescent-shaped lunar phases are symmetrically arranged to illustrate the progressive stages of a total solar eclipse. At the apex of the design, a stylised sun with radiating corona rays is shown at the moment of totality, with the moon's disc fully occluding the solar body. A curved banner in the lower central field bears the denomination FIVE POUNDS, with the commemorative inscription TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 1999 arcing along the lower legend. |
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