Bidspirit auction | UK Alderney 1999 Solar Eclipse

UK Alderney 1999 Solar Eclipse Five Pound Cupro-Nickel Coin - A UK 1999 commemorative five-pound coin issued for Alderney, struck in cupro-nickel. The obverse features the third definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right and wearing the George IV State Diadem. The reverse, designed by Christine Ellingham, features a stylised map of the English Channel and the southwestern coast of the United Kingdom, superimposed with a sequence of moon phases depicting a solar eclipse. The reverse legends read TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 1999 and FIVE POUNDS. The issuer ALDERNEY is struck in large vertical lettering on the presentation card. The coin is housed in its original dark blue and black card packaging, which features a printed celestial motif and the text 1999 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED FIVE-POUND COIN. The reverse of the card includes a printed poem by William Wordsworth, technical specifications, and a printed ROYAL MINT logo with the address ROYAL MINT, LLANTRISANT, PONTYCLUN, CF72 8YT. CROWN COPYRIGHT 1999. Weight: 28.28g Diameter: 38.61 mm.