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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 75th Anniversary of VE Day
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with curled hair and a pearl drop earring visible. The engraver's initials IRB appear beneath the truncation of the bust. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY to the upper right, with FIFTY PENCE and the date 2020 disposed around the lower arc, all separated by raised dots. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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VE Day — 8 May 1945 — held particular weight for Guernsey, which had spent five years under German occupation, the only part of the British Isles to endure it. Liberation came on 9 May, one day after the general European ceasefire, a distinction the island has always maintained. This commemorative series spans six KM numbers, suggesting a multi-coin set rather than a single release — a format Guernsey has leaned on heavily since the 1990s to drive collector revenue.
Gold-plated copper has no legal tender weight in practice; these were never intended for circulation.