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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Remembrance Poppy
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#418 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY 2021 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Jersey issued this piece as part of a wave of commemorative crown-sized copper-nickel strikes that flooded the market in the 2010s and early 2020s, largely sold through third-party telemarketers rather than through traditional numismatic channels. The poppy as a British remembrance symbol dates to the aftermath of the First World War, popularized by the Royal British Legion's adoption of John McCrae's 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields." The Legion has sold paper poppies annually since 1921.
Jersey's autonomous status allows it to issue its own coinage independently of the United Kingdom, though the island is not part of the UK itself — a distinction that gives these pieces their nominal face value without legal tender status in Britain.