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1⁄12 Shilling - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1957-1964 |
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| Diameter | 30.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | The shield of the Arms of Jersey, depicting three leopards passant guardant in pale on a plain field, occupies the central area of the reverse, engraved by George Kruger Gray. The date is divided either side of the shield, with the first two digits to the left and the last two to the right. The upper peripheral legend reads BAILIWICK OF JERSEY, separated by pellets, while the lower legend reads ONE TWELFTH OF A SHILLING, also separated by pellets. A toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ·BAILIWICK·OF·JERSEY· 19 64 ONE·TWELFTH·OF·A·SHILLING |
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Jersey's pre-decimal bronze coinage was administered independently of the Royal Mint for much of its history, with the island's States assembly retaining direct control over its fractional shilling issues well into the twentieth century. The 1/12 shilling denomination is a survival of Jersey's idiosyncratic pre-decimal system, which divided the shilling into twelve rather than the twelve pence of mainland British practice — a distinction that consistently confused visitors and occasionally the Treasury.
The series ran through the transition from the first to second royal portrait, making first-portrait pieces the earlier type within an already short-lived denomination that vanished entirely with decimalization in 1971.