Catalog
1⁄24 Shilling - Victoria Pattern
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The shield of Jersey, bearing three passant guardant lions arranged vertically in pale on a horizontally lined field, occupies the central device. The date 1877 is divided across the lower field, flanked to either side of the shield. The circular legend STATES OF JERSEY. ONE TWENTY-FOURTH OF A SHILLING. runs around the full periphery. The design is contained within a fine toothed border. The overall composition is bold and heraldically precise, consistent with Wyon's engraving style. |
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Jersey's penny-sized coinage had been struck in copper since the 1840s, but by the 1870s there was growing interest across British dependencies in adopting nickel as a harder-wearing, cheaper alternative. This piece is a pattern — never approved for circulation — produced to test nickel as a potential replacement composition. Jersey's authorities ultimately retained copper for the denomination, and the series continued largely unchanged into the following decade.