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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II WWI: Royal British Legion - In Flanders Fields
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend 'BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY' arcs above the portrait and 'ELIZABETH II' appears below, with the date '2014' at the base. The portrait is executed in the standard Ian Rank-Broadley style customary for Commonwealth issues of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The poppy-shaped flan bears a finely detailed relief depiction of a field of poppies in full bloom, their stems and petals rendered with botanical precision against a dark mirror-polished field. At centre base, a single hand-applied colored enamel red poppy with black centre provides a vivid focal point. The denomination 'FIVE POUNDS' is inscribed in a curved legend at the top of the flan, while two lines of verse from John McCrae's poem appear in the field: ''In Flanders' fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row''. Along the lower border runs the commemorative legend '1914 · FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY · 1918'. |
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