Jersey 1871 1/26 shilling
This specimen was part of lot 34629 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jersey: British Dependency. Victoria 4-Piece Certified Set NGC, 1) 1/48 Shilling 1877-H - MS64 Red and Brown, Heaton mint, KM 6; 2) 1/26 Shilling 1871 - MS64 Red and Brown, KM 4; 3) 1/24 Shilling 1888 - MS63 Red and Brown, KM 7; 4) 1/13 Shilling 1861 - MS63 Brown, KM 3. A fantastic quartet, each with idiosyncratic beauty traits, with the 1/13 Shilling in particular displaying a lovely blend opalescent tones." Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, has been a British dependency since Plantagenet times yet possesses a distinct coinage. Until 1877, it took thirteen pence to make a shilling instead of the usual twelve. Altho this coin was struck to the standard of a typical British half penny, it was theoretically worth less. In 1877, the system was adjusted to match mainland coinage yet copper issues continued to be denominated in fractions of a shilling rather than in pence. This type was struck 1866 and 1870-71. Enough were saved that it is not rare.
Recorded mintage: 160,000 plus proofs.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM 4.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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