Jersey 1/48 Shilling Proof

Cruzi

I don't collect these, but the denomation and design caught my eye.



Not the smartest thng I've ever done but now I own this and know next to nothing about it.

What's up with the denomination?

Common or not?

Anything else?

ccrdragon

Beautiful coin, Cruzi!

The denomination is the equivilent of the British farthing, although it is not the smallest released by Jersey. They actually released a 1/52 earlier in the series. There have only been 2 Jersey 'farthings' released in the series - the 1/48 and the 1/52. The 1/52 was minted in 1841 and the 1/48 was minted in 1877.

The denominations are actually based on the valuations of French coinage verses British coinage. At the time of the first minted Jersey coinage in 1841, the commonly circulating French coinage was valued at 1/26 vs the British coins, so the Jersey coins minted in British terms at 1/26 and 1/13 were the same value as the common French coins. 30 years later, the valuation on the coins was changed to 1 to 24 (British vs French) and all of the coinage was revalued as 24ths - i.e. 1/24, 1/12 and for one year only, 1/48. That valuation was kept until the island went with the decimal values in the 1960's.


(edited for spelling)

ccrdragon

Oh, to add one other thing - very uncommon to find the proof coins from the 1800's. Not many were minted and most have resided in very strong collections and rarely see the light of day. A very nice catch!

Cruzi

Thank you very much for that information, most helpful.

ccrdragon

You're most welcome! Jersey was one of the first non-decimal series that I completed in copper and I love the coins. Neat designs and a very neat history as well!

rhound1977

nice one, I have a few from Jersey, but not that one....

1jester

Hard to go wrong with a beautiful Vicky copper proof. Nice coin!!

CoinAddict

Beautiful coin.

lordmarcovan