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4 Shillings - George V States of Jersey; Silver plated
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 2000-2001 |
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| Diameter | 36 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King George V facing left, depicting the monarch with short hair, a trimmed beard and moustache, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail. The truncation of the bust is squared and unadorned. The engraver's initials BRG appear in the field below the truncation. The peripheral legend reads GEORGIVS V DEI GRATIA INDIAE IMPERATOR, disposed around the full circumference, with a fine beaded border encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The shield of Jersey's coat of arms occupies the centre of the field, displaying three leopards passant guardant arranged vertically, surmounted by an ornate St. Edward's Crown. The date 1910 is split to either side of the shield in the field, flanked by decorative scroll ornaments. The upper legend STATES OF JERSEY arcs around the periphery, while the lower inscription MODEL 4 SHILLINGS curves along the base, all within a beaded border. |
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Jersey's 4-shilling denomination has no practical monetary history — the island retained its idiosyncratic pre-decimal coinage structure long after the rest of the British Isles had abandoned it, and this piece is a commemorative throwback to that tradition rather than a circulating issue. The silver-plated specification places it in a tier of souvenir coinage produced in large quantities for the collector market around the millennium, where plated base-metal pieces were routinely issued alongside solid silver versions at sharply different price points.