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2 Xeros Pattern
| Issuer | Jethou (Guernsey) |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic coin with a brass centre set within a copper-nickel ring. The centre features a bust of a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, depicted in left-facing profile with outstretched arms, rendered in a stylised relief. The legend ESSAI - PATTERN - PROBE arcs across the upper field of the brass centre, and the date 2009 appears in the lower exergual area. The copper-nickel outer ring is decorated with a continuous series of small stylised symbols or ornamental devices evenly distributed around its circumference. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 XEROS© |
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Jethou is a privately tenanted island of roughly 18 hectares, leased from the Crown of Guernsey, and has no governmental monetary authority of its own. Pattern pieces issued under its name are the product of private fantasy or promotional numismatic ventures — not sanctioned currency. The "Xeros" denomination has no legal tender basis and no circulation history.
The bimetallic format mimics the construction of the UK's £2 coin, introduced in 1998, almost certainly to lend a sense of legitimacy to the piece.