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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II WWII Liberation - Silver
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a celebratory scene of liberated Guernsey civilians and Allied soldiers riding together in an open vehicle, rendered in high relief, evoking the joyful scenes of 9 May 1945. A central medallion bears the inscription COMMEMORATION above a Union Flag-quartered shield superimposed with a WW diamond motif and the dates 1945 and 2005. The arc legend 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION - 9TH MAY 1945 runs along the upper periphery, with a secondary quotation ...AND OUR DEAR CHANNEL ISLANDS ARE ALSO TO BE FREED TODAY. curving below it, referencing Churchill's famous wartime broadcast. The denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed along the lower exergue. |
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Guernsey was the only British territory to fall under German occupation during the Second World War, a five-year period running from June 1940 to May 1945 during which the island operated under Nazi civilian administration. The occupiers confiscated livestock, requisitioned properties, and deported a portion of the population to internment camps on the continent. Liberation came on 9 May 1945 — a date still observed as a public holiday in the Bailiwick — when HMS Bulldog entered St. Peter Port harbour.
The 2005 issue marks the sixtieth anniversary of that event.