I bought this coin for 13$. It is - 1/13 of a shilling 1861, Island of Jersey. I think that it's a very cheap price for it.
I have no idea what that coin is worth, but given the condition and date I'd say a lot more than $13!!!!
nice coin , I love Jersey coins not only for there beauty but for there increadibly low mintage at great prices. FYI if you hadn't looked it up this piece has a mintage of 173,000 pieces. Thanks for posting it Siberian Man !
Great looking coin mate, and that's a pretty low mintage. I specialized in collecting Victoria coins from all over for a while there, but never got around to Jersey....maybe someday... but we all know how our areas of interest shift.
Nice coin Siberianman !!! There are 12 English Pence to the English Shilling. This coin is 1/13th of an English Shilling. I'm sure that everyone at CT understands why there would be an English coin issued at 1/13th of an English Shilling.......... Back in the day, the monetary exchange rate was that 26 French Livres equaled one English Pound. Therefore, one English Shilling was worth 26 French Sous. Therefore, 1/13th of an English Shilling was precisely 2 Sous which they called "pièce de deux sous".
cool coin. 1/13 of a shilling...didnt know they did it like that. i guess everyone had to know fractions back then
It is Not a English coin, the coinage of Jersey was initialy French livre till 1720 then the Jersey livre until 1834 when the currency above came into effect it was subdiveded into, 1⁄52, 1⁄26 and 1⁄13 shilling coins were introduced, followed by bronze 1⁄26 and 1⁄13 shilling in 1866 the reasoning for this was the sous remained the chief small-change coin and 26 sous = 1 shilling
