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50 Pence - Elizabeth II WWI - Battle of the Somme
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting a right-facing crowned and draped bust of the Queen with a pearl drop earring visible. The engraver's initials IRB appear in the lower field beneath the truncation. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY arranged around the upper arc, with FIFTY PENCE and the date 2016 completing the inscription around the lower arc, separated by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY · FIFTY PENCE · 2016 · IRB |
| Reverse description | The reverse, engraved by Matthew Bonaccorsi, presents a dramatic battle scene commemorating the Battle of the Somme, depicting a group of World War I British infantry soldiers advancing across the field, some carrying rifles and a stretcher bearing a wounded comrade, rendered in high relief against a deeply recessed mirror field. Billowing clouds of smoke and the chaos of combat are evoked through the dynamic composition filling the lower half of the die. Superimposed across the upper and central field in bold block lettering is the opening line of Wilfred Owen's celebrated anti-war poem Anthem for Doomed Youth: WHAT PASSING BELLS FOR THESE WHO DIE?, the text integrated with artistic effect into the battle scene. |
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