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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Battle of Jersey
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting the second definitive portrait by Arnold Machin, with the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a pearl necklace. The crowned bust is shown draped, in a restrained and formal style typical of Machin's work for the British Commonwealth. The encircling legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND BAILIWICK OF JERSEY, arranged along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the crowned, shaded, pointed shield of the Royal Jersey Militia Badge, set within a crossed X-pattern design recalling the regimental colours. The shield and cross motif divide the two commemorative dates 1781 and 1981, marking the bicentenary of the Battle of Jersey. The encircling legend reads ONE POUND 1781 1981 BICENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF JERSEY, distributed around the periphery of the square-format flan. |
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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.