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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 70th Birthday
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Diameter | 38.6 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a finely detailed bouquet of lilies in high relief, occupying the majority of the coin's field, engraved by Norman Sillman to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 70th birthday. The Latin acclamation 'VIVAT REGINA ELIZABETHA' curves along the upper periphery, flanked by decorative stops. The birth year '1926' and the commemorative year '1996' appear on the left and right sides respectively, with the denomination '· TWO POUNDS ·' inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | · VIVAT REGINA ELIZABETHA · 1926 · TWO POUNDS · 1996 |
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Jersey issued this piece to mark the Queen's 70th birthday in 1996, part of a long series of royal commemoratives produced by the island's administration under its unusual constitutional position — a Crown dependency that is neither part of the United Kingdom nor the European Union, issuing its own coinage under royal sanction. The States of Jersey has consistently used such occasions to assert that distinct administrative identity.
KM#97 is a copper-nickel circulation-type commemorative, not a proof-only issue, meaning examples did pass through hands rather than going straight to collector sets.