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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Battle of Jersey
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Engraver(s) | Arnold Machin |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND BAILIWICK OF JERSEY |
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| Edge | Partly milled, partly plain |
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The Battle of Jersey, fought on 6 January 1781, was a French attempt to seize the island that very nearly succeeded. Major Francis Peirson, 24 years old, rallied British and Jersey militia forces in Royal Square and routed the invaders — then was shot dead at the moment of victory. This coin was struck exactly two hundred years after that engagement, one of several commemoratives Jersey issued through the early 1980s marking anniversaries specific to the island's own history rather than broader British events.