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2 Pounds - Charles III Samuel Pepys - First publication
| Issuer | Jersey (British Crown dependencies) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief within the copper-nickel center disc. The portrait, engraved by David Lawrence, depicts the King with natural hair and a plain neckline. The surrounding nickel brass ring carries the legend CHARLES III · BAILIWICK OF JERSEY along the upper arc, with TWO POUNDS inscribed to the left and the date 2025 along the lower arc, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Pepys published the first volume of his diary entries in 1825 — nearly 160 years after he stopped writing them — when Richard Lord Braybrooke produced a heavily expurgated transcription from the original shorthand. The full, unexpurgated text wasn't decoded and published until the 1970s. Jersey's choice of Pepys is slightly oblique; he had no particular connection to the island, though his Naval Office work touched every corner of British maritime administration.