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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Royal Navy
| Issuer | Jersey |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central commemorative composition enclosed within a rope border circle, depicting five paired portraits of notable Royal Navy commanders on the left, each matched with a representative warship on the right, arranged in descending order. A colored enamel naval ensign flag appears above the central design at the top. The denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed at the base, flanked by a fouled anchor to each side. The legend THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY arcs across the upper portion of the field. |
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Issued as part of Jersey's extended series honoring branches of the British armed forces, this piece appeared the same year the Royal Navy was navigating significant institutional restructuring ahead of the 2004 tri-service command reorganization. Jersey, as a Crown dependency, sits outside the UK but shares the Crown as head of state, giving it both the authority and the tradition to issue commemorative coinage tied to British military history — a commercial arrangement that has produced dozens of issues from this period, most of which saw limited circulation.