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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. In the upper left, a bouquet of poppies with a sprig of foliage is prominently displayed, while the denomination 'FIVE POUNDS' is inscribed vertically to the right of the flowers. Across the lower portion of the field, five uniformed guards are depicted standing at attention in a stylised manner. To the right, a detailed rendering of a war memorial tower is shown, accompanied by the royal cypher 'ER' within a circle. The legend 'THE GOLDEN JUBILEE' curves along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 2003 |
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Issued fifty years after the June 1953 coronation, this coin belongs to a wave of commemoratives released across Crown Dependencies and Commonwealth territories in 2003. Jersey, as a Crown Dependency, holds a constitutional relationship with the monarch distinct from both the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth — the island is a possession of the Crown, not part of the UK, giving its commemorative issues a jurisdictional quirk that often surprises collectors unfamiliar with Channel Island governance.
KM#119 is copper-nickel, placing it firmly in the circulation-quality tier of Jersey's jubilee output; a silver proof version was struck simultaneously for the collector market.