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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Train Crossing the Viaduct
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#98 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Alderney, a dependency of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with a population under 2,500, has issued commemorative coinage since 1989 under royal prerogative — not through Westminster — giving the island unusual latitude to select its own subjects. This piece was part of a broader series marking the 200th anniversary of steam locomotion, tied to the bicentennial of Richard Trevithick's 1804 Penydarren run, the first recorded journey by a steam-powered vehicle on rails.
Trevithick's engine hauled ten tons of iron nearly ten miles in South Wales, winning a bet and changing industrial transport permanently. He died in poverty in 1833.