Jersey Queen Victoria 1/12 Shilling 1894 aUN (Patine)

Extremely scarce high grade copper coin (1/12 of Shilling) struck within a set from 1877 to 1894. Queen Victoria coinage was only for 4 years (1877/81/88/94). All this set was coined at Heaton (Birmingham-UK), though unmarked. The Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency located in the English Channel 12 Miles (19 km) west of Normandy (France). Jersey was occupied by Neanderthal man 100,000 B.C., and by Iberians of 2,000 B.C., who left their chamber tombs in the Island's granite cliffs. Roman legions almost certainly visited the Island although they left no evidence of settlement. The country folk of Jersey still speak an archaic form of Norman-French, lingering evidence of the Norman annexation of the Island in 933 A.D.. Jersey was annexed to England in 1206, 140 years after the Norman Conquest. The dependency is administered by its own laws and customs; laws enacted by the British Parliament do not apply to Jersey unless it is specifically mentioned. During World War II (1939/1945), German troops occupied the Island from 1st. July 1940 until 9th. May 1945. Coins of pre-Roman Gaul and of Rome have been found in abundance on Jersey.