1⁄12 Shilling - Elizabeth II 1st portrait

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.