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4 Shillings - George V States of Jersey; Copper
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2000-2001 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King George V facing left, depicted with a short beard and wearing a suit collar, in the style associated with the D.R. Golder portrait. The initials 'DRG' appear incuse in the lower right field near the truncation. The circular legend reads 'GEORGIVS V DEI GRATIA INDIAE IMPERATOR' around the periphery, separated from the beaded border by a plain inner rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS V DEI GRATIA INDIAE IMPERATOR |
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Jersey's four-shilling denomination is an anachronism by any measure — Britain decimalized in 1971, yet Jersey retained its own pre-decimal coinage schedule for commemorative and collector issues well into the following decades. This copper piece was struck nearly thirty years after the shilling ceased to be legal tender on the mainland, issued under the authority of the States of Jersey, which has maintained autonomous control over its coinage since 1877.