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Encyclopedia > Coins of the Jersey pound

The British Crown Dependency of Jersey has its own currency, the Jersey pound, which is linked to the Pound Sterling. As a consequence, the government of Jersey mints its own coins. Crown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies. ... ISO 4217 Code none User(s) Jersey Inflation 5. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies Inflation 3. ...

Depiction of Jersey coinage | Reverse side
£ 0.01 £ 0.02 £ 0.05
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Le Hocq Tower
(coastal defence)
L'Hermitage of Saint Helier
St Helier
Seymour Tower
(offshore defence)
£ 0.10 £ 0.20 £ 0.50
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Faldouet Dolmen,
St Martin
Lighthouse of
La Corbière
Grosnez Castle
£ 1.00 £ 2.00 £ 2.00 edge
Schooner* 12 Parish Crests  

£1 coins have a different design each year. Initially, each new coin featured one of the crests of the 12 parishes of Jersey. These were followed by a series of coins featuring sailing ships built in the island. The motto round the milled edge of Jersey pound coins is: Insula Caesarea ("island of Jersey" in Latin). Le Hocq (pronounced: Le Hock) is an area found in the parish of St. ... The face of Saint Helier is sculpted on the 1978 monument La Croix de la Reine in St. ... Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes and the largest town on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. ... Poulnabrone dolmen in County Clare, Ireland For the French TV miniseries, see Dolmen (TV miniseries). ... La Pouquelaye de Faldouet is one of the best preserved dolmens in Jersey Saint Martin (Jèrriais: St Martîn) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. ... A HDR image of a traditional lighthouse For other uses, see Lighthouse (disambiguation). ... Saint-Malo sculpture commemorating a maritime rescue in 1995 La Corbière (Jèrriais: La Corbiéthe) is the extreme south-western point of Jersey in St. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...



 

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