50 Pence - Elizabeth II WWI - Stone of Remembrance

Guernsey occupied a peculiar position during the First World War — the island sent a disproportionately high number of volunteers relative to its population, yet as a Crown dependency it operated outside the formal British military conscription framework introduced in 1916. The Stone of Remembrance design connects to Edwin Lutyens, who specified that his monumental stones be placed so the top surface is precisely horizontal, requiring each one to be individually surveyed regardless of the terrain beneath it.

Gold-plated copper commemoratives of this type were produced in large numbers for the centenary programme and saw little genuine numismatic demand beyond initial retail.