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2 Pounds - Charles III Dunkirk - Fight on the Seas and Oceans
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of King Charles III occupies the copper-nickel inner disc, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail to the hair and facial features. The legend CHARLES III · BAILIWICK OF JERSEY arcs around the upper portion of the nickel brass outer ring, while TWO POUNDS and the date 2025, flanked by decorative stops, appear along the lower arc. The portrait is separated from the inscribed ring by a raised border, giving the design a clean bimetallic contrast typical of modern commemorative two-pound coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE SEAS AND OCEANS 16TH MAY 1940 DUNKIRK 85 4TH JUNE 1940 |
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Dunkirk's numismatic commemoration is well-trodden ground, but the Jersey connection is legitimate: the island fell under German occupation just days after the evacuation concluded in June 1940, making it among the last British-administered territories to witness the retreat before being cut off entirely. Churchill's "fight on the seas and oceans" phrase, drawn from the 4 June 1940 speech delivered to a Commons that had not yet been told the full scale of the losses, was as much a rallying cry for what had just been abandoned as for what lay ahead.