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50 Pence - Elizabeth II HMS Victory, at full sail, Silver
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#432a |
| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the George IV State Diadem. The truncation of the bust is bare, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse beneath. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY, with the date 2022 positioned to the lower right of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIFTY PENCE HMS VICTORY |
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HMS Victory never fired a shot after Trafalgar. Paid off in 1812, she spent decades as a harbour hulk before a 1922 collision with a New Zealand troopship — HMS Neptune — caused enough damage to finally prompt her permanent drydocking at Portsmouth, where she has remained ever since. Jersey's interest in the subject is not arbitrary: the island's proximity to the French coast made Napoleonic naval supremacy a matter of existential concern, and Trafalgar ended that threat decisively.
The .925 silver version of this issue was released alongside a base-metal circulation strike, a now-routine dual-release model for Crown Dependencies commemorating British naval history.