1 Sovereign - Elizabeth II King Henry VIII

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.