Jersey's ongoing "Kings of the Nation" decimal circulation series pairs each denomination with a different English monarch. William III — William of Orange — came to the English throne following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, a largely bloodless coup engineered by Parliament to replace the Catholic James II with a Protestant successor already married to James's own daughter. His reign permanently curtailed royal prerogative, with the Bill of Rights enacted in 1689 binding the Crown to Parliamentary consent for taxation and standing armies.
Jersey, as a Crown Dependency, was never subject to that Parliament — a constitutional distinction that persists today.
Jersey's ongoing "Kings of the Nation" decimal circulation series pairs each denomination with a different English monarch. William III — William of Orange — came to the English throne following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, a largely bloodless coup engineered by Parliament to replace the Catholic James II with a Protestant successor already married to James's own daughter. His reign permanently curtailed royal prerogative, with the Bill of Rights enacted in 1689 binding the Crown to Parliamentary consent for taxation and standing armies.
Jersey, as a Crown Dependency, was never subject to that Parliament — a constitutional distinction that persists today.