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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Royal Navy - Andrew Cunningham
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andrew Cunningham commanded the Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941, where Royal Navy forces sank three Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers in a night engagement the Italians never saw coming — radar-equipped British ships operating in total darkness against an enemy that had none. His signal to the Admiralty afterward was characteristically terse. Jersey's commemorative series on Royal Navy commanders ran across several years in the late 2000s, pairing copper-nickel circulation-weight strikes with a broader program of silver and gold issues for the collector market.