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1/2 Penny - James Stanley
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1709 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the triskelion (triskeles) of the Isle of Man, comprising three armoured legs conjoined at the thigh and radiating symmetrically, a symbol of ancient origin adopted by the Lords of Mann. The device is surrounded by a circular Latin legend reading QVOCVNQVE GESSERIS STABIT, the traditional motto of the Isle of Man meaning 'Wheresoever you throw it, it will stand.' The overall design is boldly struck within a plain border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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James Stanley, the 10th Earl of Derby, held the lordship of the Isle of Man and authorized this coinage under the ancient feudal rights the Stanley family had exercised over the island since 1405. The 1709 issue was among the first struck copper coinage produced for Manx circulation with any regularity, filling a genuine shortage of small change that had long plagued local trade. The Stanleys' authority to coin money for the island was a privilege that Parliament would eventually find intolerable — the family's lordship was compulsorily purchased by the British Crown in 1765 in what Manx historians call the Revestment.