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1 Penny - James Stanley Silver
| Issuer | Isle of Man (British Crown dependencies) |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#5d.1, 5d.2, Mackay#46, 46a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | QUOCUNQUE · IECERIS · STABIT · I D 1 (Translation: Wherever you throw it, it will stand) |
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The Isle of Man penny in silver is an anomaly by any measure — copper was the standard penny metal across the British Isles, and this silver striking almost certainly originated as a presentation or proof-type piece rather than a circulation issue. James Stanley, the 10th Earl of Derby, held the lordship of Man under a feudal grant dating to 1406, and the Stanley family maintained quasi-autonomous coining rights on the island long after such privileges had been curtailed elsewhere in the British Isles. The earldom's control ended permanently just two years after this coin's issue, when the Crown purchased the manorial rights in 1765 — the so-called Revestment.