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1 Sovereign - Elizabeth II King Henry VIII
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in high relief after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The queen's bare neck and shoulders are depicted in a restrained, classical style, with fine detail in the hair and facial features. The engraver's initials IRB appear truncated below the portrait. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY, with the date 2009 positioned to the lower right of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY IRB 2009 |
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Jersey's 2009 sovereign commemorates the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession, which fell that year. The issue was part of a broader commemorative sovereign program Jersey ran during this period, exploiting the Crown Dependency's latitude to produce collector coinage independently of the Royal Mint. Henry VIII is a perennial subject for this type — his break with Rome and the subsequent dissolution of the monasteries between 1536 and 1541 transferred an estimated one-third of English land into Crown hands, making him arguably the most consequential financial disruptor in English history.