Jersey 2 pence 1984 - Hermitage of Saint Helier

Jersey · 1984 · 2 pence

Circulating coinCommonVF · Very fine

€2.00estimate in VF

750,000coins minted

N3480 KM55 SCHÖN49

JSReference number JSJS-LPH5B

Circulating coin

2 pence coin of Jersey with the Hermitage of Saint Helier (1983-1992)

The coin's story

In 1983, Jersey renewed its coins with a series whose reverses show monuments of the island. On the 2 pence coin, Robert Lowe engraved the Hermitage of Saint Helier, a small vaulted oratory perched on a rock in St Aubin's Bay, near Elizabeth Castle. According to tradition, Helier, who came from Tongeren in present-day Belgium, lived there as a hermit in the 6th century before being killed by raiders from the sea around 555. Having become the island's patron saint, he gave his name to the capital, St Helier. The obverse bears Arnold Machin's portrait of Elizabeth II, with the date below. In 1984, the Royal Mint struck 750,000 pieces.

ObverseThe Portrait of the Queen

QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND1984

Design: Bust of Elizabeth II to the right, wearing the “Girls of Great Britain and Ireland” tiara, after Arnold Machin.
Legend: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND around.
Date: 1984 at the bottom.

AMEngraved by Arnold Machin

ReverseThe Hermitage of Saint Helier

BAILIWICK OF JERSEYTWO PENCE

Design: The vaulted oratory of the hermitage, built on the rock where Saint Helier lived, with the steps leading up to it.
Legend: BAILIWICK OF JERSEY at the top.
Denomination: TWO PENCE at the bottom.

RLEngraved by Robert Lowe