Jersey's position as the only British Crown Dependency occupied by German forces during World War II gives it a particular standing when issuing D-Day commemoratives — the liberation of 9 May 1945 remains the island's defining modern event, still marked annually. The Channel Islands were bypassed during the June 1944 landings deliberately; Eisenhower judged them strategically worthless to retake at the cost of Allied lives, leaving the population to endure another eleven months of occupation.
KM#510 is among the largest format pieces in Jersey's modern minting program.
Jersey's position as the only British Crown Dependency occupied by German forces during World War II gives it a particular standing when issuing D-Day commemoratives — the liberation of 9 May 1945 remains the island's defining modern event, still marked annually. The Channel Islands were bypassed during the June 1944 landings deliberately; Eisenhower judged them strategically worthless to retake at the cost of Allied lives, leaving the population to endure another eleven months of occupation.
KM#510 is among the largest format pieces in Jersey's modern minting program.