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50 Pence - Charles III Saint George, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Jersey (British Crown dependencies) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Glyn Davies Reverse: Tom Meek, David Lawrence |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, as sculpted by Glyn Davies, occupying the central field. The peripheral legend reads CHARLES III BAILIWICK OF JERSEY, with the date 2024 and the denomination FIFTY PENCE completing the inscription around the coin. The portrait is rendered in a refined, contemporary style befitting a proof striking. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III BAILIWICK OF JERSEY 2024 FIFTY PENCE |
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Jersey's 50p issues occupy an odd constitutional niche — struck under the authority of a Crown dependency that maintains its own coinage rights entirely separate from the United Kingdom, despite sharing the monarch. The selective gold plating on the Saint George type targets the dragon specifically, a decorative choice first popularized on British sovereign-related issues and now common enough in the proof commemorative market to border on formula.
Benedetto Pistrucci's Saint George design, the template underlying this issue, has been in continuous use on British and Crown dependency coinage since 1817.