Jersey 1877-H 1/12 shilling
This specimen was lot 31637 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $705. The catalog description[2] noted, "Victoria Proof 1/12 Shilling 1877-H, PR64 Red Brown NGC. As can be the case with Heaton Mint issues, the surfaces are of indeterminate proof quality, with intricate striking detail throughout, but little evidence of surface mirrors. This mostly red specimen has essentially full red color on the obverse and faded red-brown on the reverse surface." 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. This coin was struck to the standard of a typical British penny. 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 1877, 1888 and 1894 only. Enough were saved that it is common.
Recorded mintage: 336,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: 9.15 g, bronze, 30.69 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 8.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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