5 Pounds - Charles III Royal British Legion - D-Day, Gold Proof

The Royal British Legion, founded in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, has been the primary veterans' welfare organization in the United Kingdom for over a century — though its relationship with the commemorative coin market is a more recent arrangement. Jersey's position outside the United Kingdom proper gives the States of Jersey independent authority to issue coinage under the Crown, a technicality that has made the island a prolific vehicle for commemorative programs targeting collector markets rather than circulation.

The 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings fell in June 2024, drawing heads of state to the beaches for the first major commemoration without a significant cohort of surviving veterans present.