1 Pound - Elizabeth II Schooner, Resolute

Jersey's pound coin series of the early 1990s commemorated historic vessels with connections to the island's maritime past. The Resolute was a British-built barque that became famous after being abandoned in Arctic ice during the 1850s Franklin relief expeditions, recovered by an American whaler, and eventually returned to Britain by the U.S. government — a diplomatic gesture that briefly warmed Anglo-American relations.

The desk made from her timbers, presented to President Hayes in 1880, remains in the Oval Office to this day.