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1⁄24 Shilling - Victoria Pattern

Beschrijving voorzijde	Draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, her hair neatly coiffed and secured at the nape, engraved in the young head portrait style by Leonard Charles Wyon. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and drapery. The circular legend reads VICTORIA D.G. BRITANNIAR. REGINA F.D. around the periphery, separated by a star at the base. A small mintmark 'H' for Heaton and Sons appears in the lower field. The rim is finished with a fine toothed border.
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Aanvullende informatie	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.