5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landing 21:00

Issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this piece references the 21:00 hour — the time on June 5th, 1944, when Eisenhower gave the final go order after a 24-hour delay forced by poor weather. That postponement, urged by meteorologist James Stagg against considerable resistance from senior commanders, is widely credited with saving the operation: the original date of June 5th would have seen paratroopers dropped into a gale.

Jersey's connection to D-Day is direct. The island had been under German occupation since 1940 and would not be liberated until May 9, 1945 — nearly a full year after the beaches were taken.