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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

Issuer Jersey
Year 1981
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Currency Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
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Obverse lettering QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
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Mintage 1981 - - 50,000
1981 - Proof - 6,000
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Jersey's 1981 50 pence was issued the same year the island's government was navigating the implications of the British Nationality Act, which quietly redefined the relationship between Crown Dependencies and full British citizenship. Jersey, as a Crown Dependency rather than part of the United Kingdom, manages its own coinage independently through the States of Jersey — meaning this issue circulated in a jurisdiction that has never been subject to Westminster legislation without explicit consent.

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