Jersey 1877-H 1/48 shilling
This specimen was lot 31634 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $223.25. The catalog description[2] noted, "Victoria 1/48 Shilling 1877, MS64 Red Brown NGC. One-year type. A lustrous example with abrasion-free surfaces for the grade. A light fingerprint fragment in the obverse centers prevents this example from reaching Gem status." 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 farthing. 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 only. Enough were saved that it is not rare.
Recorded mintage: 288,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM 6.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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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