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50 Pence - Elizabeth II VE Day - Winston Churchill
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, is depicted in right-facing profile, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and drop earrings. The sculptor's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and BAILIWICK OF JERSEY to the upper right, with FIFTY PENCE to the lower left and the date 2020 at the base, all separated by raised dots against a deeply mirrored dark field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large gilt Victory V-motif dominating the field, with a colourised photographic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill at its centre, depicted smiling and raising his celebrated two-fingered V for Victory salute. The years 1945 and 2020 are inscribed along the left and right arms of the V respectively. A gilt scroll banner across the lower field bears the inscription VICTORY, below which a colourised Union Jack flag is displayed at the base. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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Jersey issued this piece as part of the broader Commonwealth commemorative programs marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day in May 2020 — celebrations that were ultimately scaled back or cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making the coin's release context quietly ironic. Churchill had a complicated relationship with Jersey specifically: the island's occupation by German forces from 1940 to 1945 was, by some historians' accounts, tacitly accepted rather than actively resisted at the strategic level, a tension rarely acknowledged in commemorative output of this kind.