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50 Pence - Elizabeth II HMS Victory, struck by musket ball
| Issuer | Jersey |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief sculptural scene depicting the mortally wounded Admiral Lord Nelson being supported by two attendant officers on the deck of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Nelson is shown semi-recumbent, his head tilted back, while one officer cradles him from behind and a second kneels at his right side; a plumed hat and a sword lie on the deck in the foreground. The ship's crest of HMS Victory appears in the upper right field, bearing the inscription HMS VICTORY. The denomination FIFTY PENCE arcs across the upper legend, and the heptagonal border features a rope-twist inner rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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HMS Victory is best known as Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar in 1805, but the ship had already seen four decades of active service before that engagement. During the American Revolutionary War she served as flagship of Admiral Kempenfelt, who went down with HMS Royal George in 1782 — not aboard Victory. The "struck by musket ball" conceit on this issue references the combat damage sustained during Trafalgar itself, when French and Spanish marksmen targeted British officers on open decks.
Jersey has issued a long run of nautical commemoratives; this sits in a subseries focusing on battle-specific damage artifacts rather than the ship as a whole.