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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Great Expectations, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Jersey |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as modeled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name and title appear in the legend encircling the portrait, with the denomination TWO POUNDS and date 2020 also included around the periphery. The obverse features a gold-plated outer ring framing the central silver field. |
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| Reverse description | Central colorized depiction of Pip, the young protagonist of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, shown as a boy in a brown coat and blue scarf, standing before a gravestone inscribed 'PHILIP' in a churchyard setting. The scene is rendered in full color against the silver field. The gold-plated outer ring bears the legend ASK NO QUESTIONS, AND YOU'LL BE TOLD NO LIES arching around the upper portion, with GREAT EXPECTATIONS inscribed along the lower arc, both in raised relief. |
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Part of the Royal Mint's broader programme of literary commemoratives issued through British Crown Dependencies, this piece marks the 170th anniversary of Dickens's serialised novel — though Great Expectations first appeared in All the Year Round in weekly instalments from December 1860, making 2020 a slightly loose anniversary peg. Jersey has no particular connection to Dickens or the novel; the island's role here is administrative, providing a separate legal tender framework while the Royal Mint handles production.