5 Pounds – Alderney
Context
Year: 2018
Country: British Crown dependencies
Issuer: Alderney
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Currency:
(since 1971)
Total mintage: 2,018
Material
References
Numista: #555737
Value
Exchange value: 5 GGP
Obverse
Description:
Bust of Queen Elizabeth II in the Diamond Diadem, facing right.
Inscription:
ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · ALDERNEY C. I.
2018
2018
Script: Latin
Designer: Joel Iskowitz
Reverse
Description:
Left-facing poppies flank a central value, with text to the right.
Inscription:
£5
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW,
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW,
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW.
Script: Latin
Edge
Reeded
✨ Legendary