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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landing 11:00
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the upper field, with BAILIWICK OF JERSEY continuing to the right. The denomination FIVE POUNDS and the date 2019 appear in the lower legend, separated by a raised dot, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, this coin carries particular weight for Jersey specifically — the island had been under German occupation since July 1940 and remained so until liberation in May 1945. The Normandy landings of June 6, 1944 were not an abstract Allied operation for Jersey residents; they signaled the beginning of the end of nearly five years of occupation, food shortages, and forced labor deportations.
The "11:00" designation places this piece within a series marking specific times of the assault, a format Jersey used to issue multiple coins across the D-Day sequence.