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5 Shillings - George III States of Jersey; Brass

5 Shillings - George III (States of Jersey; Brass) - obverse5 Shillings - George III (States of Jersey; Brass) - reverse

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Features

Pretended issuer Jersey (British Crown dependencies)
Type Fantasy coins
Year 2007
Value 5 Shillings (¼)
Currency Pound (1813-1971)
Composition Brass (Golden Alloy)
Weight 27.15 g
Diameter 41 mm
Thickness 2.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
384596
References X# M8f
Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes).

Series: INA Retro Issue

Obverse

Portrait of George III with a laurel leaf crown facing right. Modelled after the portrait by Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Script: Latin

Lettering: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX

Unabridged legend: Georgius III Dei Gratia Rex

Translation: George the Third by the Grace of God King

Engraver: Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Reverse

Jersey's coat of arms above date and value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
STATES OF JERSEY
5 s.
1808

Edge

Plain

Mint

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)

Comments

Similar to the Model Four Shillings coins, the "retro" pattern Five Shillings coins were produced in a separate series. The coins' portrait of George III is modelled exactly after the original sculpted by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. 500 coins were minted in copper, bronzed copper, golden alloy, pewter, aluminium, and nickel silver in total.

 

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (2007)  500 Proof; Dated 1808

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