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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Supersonic Concorde Flight
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted in right-facing profile bust with the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The circumferential legend reads 'ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY' with the date '2019' positioned to the lower right. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Jersey's commemorative gold program has produced some genuinely obscure issues, but this one marks something specific: the 50th anniversary of Concorde's first flight, which took place on 2 March 1969 when the prototype 001 lifted off from Toulouse under the command of André Turcat. The joint Anglo-French project had been formally agreed by treaty in 1962, and cancellation clauses were deliberately omitted — a political decision that locked both governments in regardless of cost overruns.
At 155 grams of 22-carat gold, this is a display piece, full stop. Jersey's status as a Crown dependency gives it issuing authority independent of the Royal Mint, which explains the volume of large-format commemoratives produced there.