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1 Pound - Elizabeth II St. John, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Jersey |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the second definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Arnold Machin, depicting a right-facing crowned bust of the monarch wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine proof surface contrast against a mirror field. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1988 positioned below the effigy. |
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| Edge | Inscribed |
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The St. John series of Jersey pound coins was issued to mark the parish system central to the island's constitutional identity — Jersey's twelve parishes are not administrative conveniences but ancient units of governance with roots in the Norman feudal structure predating the English Crown's own claim to the island. The 1988 gold proof belongs to a limited run struck specifically for collectors, as Jersey had by that point developed a consistent program of issuing precious metal proofs alongside base-metal circulation strikes.
Jersey's currency relationship with the UK is closer than most Crown Dependencies — the Jersey pound trades at parity with sterling but is issued under separate authority from the States of Jersey.