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| Uitgever | Alderney |
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| Jaar | 2024 |
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| Valuta | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of King Charles III occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and facial features. The engraver's initials JC appear in the lower field beneath the portrait. A circular legend arcs around the periphery, with CHARLES III to the left and FIFTY PENCE to the upper right, while ALDERNEY runs vertically along the right side and the date 2024 is inscribed at the base, all separated by raised bullet points. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Alderney, a Crown Dependency sitting just 8 miles off the Normandy coast, has issued commemorative coinage under Royal Mint licensing since the 1990s — these pieces carry legal tender status in name only, never circulating on the island. Churchill's connection to the Channel Islands is not incidental: during the German occupation of 1940–1945, he made the controversial decision not to defend or attempt to retake the islands, a strategic calculation that left roughly 65,000 British subjects under Nazi control for the duration of the war.