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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Lest We Forget 1918, Silver poppy shaped
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is designed in the form of a stylized poppy head, with radiating lines emanating from a central circular cartouche representing the poppy's seed pod. Within the cartouche, the legend LEST WE FORGET arcs above the date 1918, with FIVE POUNDS inscribed below. Three small panels at the lower left, bottom, and lower right of the design bear the Roman numeral XI alongside the words HOUR, DAY, and MONTH respectively, commemorating the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month — the moment of Armistice on 11 November 1918. The entire composition is rendered in a darkened relief against a mirror-polished field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued in 2008 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, this piece is one of several poppy-shaped silver coins produced for the British commemorative market during the mid-2000s boom in novelty bullion formats. Jersey's Crown dependencies status allows it to issue its own coinage independently of the Royal Mint, which gave issuers latitude to pursue shaped-coin formats that would never have cleared standard British production channels.
The 1918 Armistice ended a war that claimed over 6,000 Jersey-born servicemen from a pre-war island population of roughly 52,000 — a loss rate that hit the community with particular severity.