LordM Giveaway #154 (random drawing on or after 1 November 2026)
lordmarcovan
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Contest status: OPEN
Drawing: pending; on or after 1 November 2026
Winner: pending
Shipping status: pending
Winner's receipt: pending
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my latest giveaway. It is a somewhat modest item this time around, but fun anyway. This one's for our World Coins folks, or for anybody who wants it. The prize is a 1933 Jersey 1/12 shilling of George V, PCGS AU55.
So I was participating in a Stacks-Bowers auction and had a few bids going. I noticed that this coin was going for practically nothing in the sale, so I threw out an impulse bid. I ended up losing on all my other bids but won this coin. I had failed to factor in the fees and shipping with this scenario, so this one ended up costing me more than it's really worth. But eh, who cares about that now? It's a perfect giveaway item, right? 
I like these 1/12 shillings from Jersey. It's kind of a neat denomination. And has a fairly low mintage.
PCGS cert. #48812521. Population 1 with 3 higher.
Numista-7058, KM-16. 204,000 minted.
Ex-Stacks Bowers May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Lot 32610.
All you have to do to enter is post something coin related- anything you like. One entry per member.
Winner will be selected by random number generator on or after November 1st.
Free worldwide shipping. If you do win, I only ask that you post here after you have received it, so we'll all know you got it (helps me keep track).
Numismatic Regards,
~Robertson ("Rob") Shinnick (LordM) 
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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Since I have a tradition of "spokescritters" with my giveaways, here goes:
This giveaway is brought to you by my big buddy, Elvis. Elvis was a tiny little runt when rescued. You'd never know that now!
Below are comparison pictures taken at his adoption and then exactly one year later, to the day. (Ladymarcovan even wore the same shirt!)
And here he is now. Quite the big ol' chonk.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
I would like it please. Collecting has helped me find a hobby my daughter likes to do with me.My daughter me to add more she has really enjoyed it. The first old coin that got her interested in it was an 1826 large cent I gave her that my dad found in the dirt around Columbus train track near down town. Ever since I showed it to her she was hooked.
I'm happy to join, if you're happy to ship to Australia.
As for " post something coin related- anything you like", I may as well post some backstory trivia about these coins.
People unfamiliar with the coinage of Jersey may be curious about why the denomination is denoted as "one-twelfth of a shilling", given that 1/12 of a shilling is called simply "1 penny" everywhere else in the British Empire.
Jersey, being too small to have its own mint and being so close to France both geographically and culturally, has historically used French coinage rather than English coinage. Pre-revolutionary France used a monetary system of 26 sols (or sous) to the livre, and on Jersey 1 livre was reckoned to be the same as 1 English shilling. So a 1 sou coin would be 1/26th of a shilling, and a 2 sou coin would be 1/13th of a shilling. This is why the very earliest coins in the name of Jersey are denominated in 1/52, 1/26 and 1/13 of a shilling, being equal to half, 1 and 2 sous in the old money. But the locals would still often call the coins "farthing", "halfpenny" and "penny" in everyday commerce, since those words are much easier to say.
In the late-1800s, it was decided by the Jersey government that parity with the English monetary system was preferable to maintaining the traditional French predecimal monetary system, especially as France itself had abandoned it back in the late 1700s. So new farthing halfpenny and penny coins were commissioned, this time denominated in the English system of 1/48, 1/24 and 1/12 shillings. The fractions remained, to make sure nobody got the denominations confused.
This odd anachronism remained in place for Jersey coinage right up to decimalization in 1970, when the shilling was finally abolished and all new coins were denominated in pence and pounds.
A final bit of trivia: if you ever find yourself on Jersey, never tell a local that Jersey is an "English territory"; it'll only make them mad. They will point out that the Channel Islands are the last loyalist remnant of the old Duchy of Normandy, and as it was the Duke of Normandy who invaded and conquered England in 1066 to become the King of England, that means England is actually their colony, and not the other way around.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
I always hate when I miss the primary target at auction and end up with an item I would not have bid on otherwise. The minimums just eat up any "great price" deals.
I had to look up this 1/12 Shilling thing. 1/12 shilling is a Penny. But 1/12 shilling is also 1/240 Pound Sterling. Jersey also minted a 1/48 Shilling coin one year in 1877, or 1/960 Pound Sterling. A coin that was worth about .001 of the primary monetary unit.
@Sapyx - thanks for that.
Yep. Exactly what happened to me here. Oh well.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Not a ton of people entering. I reckon so far each of you has a 50% chance!
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Personally a fan of these, count me in! Thanks!
Coin related, I have been of late researching ancient coin production methods in hopes of issuing extremely authentic modern series of Roman coins, specifically denari. Annealing proved to be an issue in early experiments, so I checked what was done 2,000 years ago. I was surprised to learn that Roman mints would heat the flan, and allow it to oxidize black! They would go through the entire production process with the coin soot black, essentially burned black. After striking, they would dip the coins in a mixture of vinegar and salt heated to about 170-190 degrees F. The heat would cause a reaction in the mixture, resulting in a mild solution of nitric acid which would shine the new coins up, after which they could be released to circulation.
As a side note on Roman tech, they actually had all the components within the empire for the industrial revolution to happen in the first century AD. Nobody pulled it all together though, and much was lost over the next few hundred years, resulting in the industrial revolution being delayed over 1,700 years. Wild!
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@DesertCoin - now that was interesting!
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Please enter me! Thank you!
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That is a nice looking coin - I'll toss my name into the hat.
Thanks for the chance Rob
I got to get in on this one as well! Thank you for the contest sir!!
Thanks for the latest giveaway offer! Please toss my name in your hat.
As far as a coin-related post is concerned, this will be my 60th year collecting coins - - going back to the days when I lay on my grandparents' living room floor filling holes in blue Whitman penny & nickel folders. Little did they know at the time what they had started!!
@DBSTrader2 - excellent! COINgratulations on your 60 years in the hobby! I have 60 years on the planet.
(And 50 years in the hobby as of next month.)
@ElishaCollectForever - wow, wouldn’t that be nice! One of my latest newps comes within one grade point of that, but it’s not a 1934.
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Yes that Peace is a beauty, problem was it was listed at 70K!