Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Admiral Andrew Cunningham
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
|---|---|
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY FIVE POUNDS ANDREW CUNNINGHAM 1883 - 1963 |
| Edge | Milled |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cunningham commanded the Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941, where British forces sank three Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers in a single night engagement — largely because Ultra intelligence had given him advance warning of Italian movements that he could not officially acknowledge. Jersey's commemorative program has leaned heavily on British naval figures, and Cunningham, who served as First Sea Lord from 1943 and was created Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope in 1946, fits squarely into that tradition.