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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Crimean War, Gold Proof
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 155.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic commemorative composition depicting the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. In the upper field, a row of mounted cavalry troopers advances at full gallop, lances raised, rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. In the foreground, a large portrait bust of James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the ill-fated charge, is shown in military uniform facing slightly left. The inscription '1854 CRIMEA 2004' arcs along the upper border, and the denomination 'TEN POUNDS' appears in the lower exergue. |
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Issued on the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War, this is one of Jersey's five-ounce gold proof series pieces — a format the island dependency used sporadically in the early 2000s for major commemoratives. The Crimean War connection to Jersey is thinner than the coin's heft suggests: the island contributed no troops and saw no action, though British Channel Island subjects did serve in the wider conflict under Crown enlistment.
The war itself ended in 1856 with the Treaty of Paris, having cost Britain roughly 21,000 dead — the majority from disease rather than combat.