Jersey 1888 1/12 shilling
This specimen was lot 2255 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $78. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jersey. 1/12 Shilling, 1888. Victoria. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown." 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: 180,000 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.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.
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- Jersey 1881 1/12 shilling
- Jersey 1888 1/24 shilling
- Coins and currency dated 1888
- return to coins of Jersey