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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Supermarine Spitfire
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY IRB 2015 |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Guernsey has no direct military connection to the Spitfire beyond geography — the island fell to German occupation in June 1940 and remained occupied until liberation in May 1945, making it the only British territory to spend the entire war under Axis control. The choice to issue a Spitfire commemorative from this particular Crown dependency carries a certain irony that the catalog entry rarely acknowledges.
Pad printing — a process borrowed from industrial product decoration — was adopted by several mints in the early 2010s to add color detail that traditional die work cannot achieve. On gold-plated copper issues of this type, the longevity of both the plating and the printed layer under handling conditions is a known concern among collectors of modern commemoratives.