5 Pounds 125th Anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria

Victoria died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, ending a reign of nearly 64 years — the longest of any British monarch to that point. Jersey, as a Crown dependency outside the United Kingdom proper, issues its own coinage under separate authority and has a long history of commemorating British royal milestones independently of the Royal Mint. The 125th anniversary marker is an unconventional interval, suggesting a commercial rather than strictly calendrical motivation for the issue.