page_title: Jersey pound
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jersey pound / Coins / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 1858 States of Jersey 1/13 of a Shilling (J#6, KM#3, 34.10mm, copper)
context_page_description: The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It can be exchanged at par with other sterling coinage and notes.
  For this reason, ISO 4217 does not include a separate currency code for the Jersey pound, but where a distinct code is desired JEP is generally used.
  Both Jersey and Bank of England notes are legal tender in Jersey and circulate together, alongside the Guernsey pound and Scottish banknotes. The Jersey notes are not legal tender in the United Kingdom and unlike Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes are not authorised by the UK Parliament as legal currency in the United Kingdom. That said, it will often be accepted by vendors in the UK with varying degrees of difficulty.
context_section_description: In 1834, an Order in Council adopted the pound sterling as Jersey's sole official legal tender to replace the Jersey livre, although French copper coins continued to circulate alongside British silver coins, with 26 sous equal to the shilling. Because the sous remained the chief small-change coins, when a new copper coinage was issued for Jersey in 1841, it was based on a penny worth ​¹⁄₁₃ of a shilling, the equivalent of 2 sous. In 1841, copper ​¹⁄₅₂, ​¹⁄₂₆ and ​¹⁄₁₃ shilling coins were introduced, followed by bronze ​¹⁄₂₆ and ​¹⁄₁₃ shilling in 1866.
  In 1877 a penny of ​¹⁄₁₂ of a shilling was introduced, and the system changed to 12 pence to the shilling. Bronze ​¹⁄₄₈, ​¹⁄₂₄ and ​¹⁄₁₂ shilling were introduced. This was the only issue of the ​¹⁄₄₈ shilling denomination. Between 1949 and 1952 the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands was marked by one million commemorative Liberation pennies that were struck for Jersey.
  In 1957, a nickel-brass 3 pence coin was introduced carrying the denomination "one fourth of a shilling". The 1957 and 1960 issues were round, with a dodecagonal version introduced in 1964.
  In 1968, 5 and 10 pence coins were introduced, followed by 50 pence in 1969 and ​¹⁄₂p, 1p and 2 pence in 1971 when decimalisation took place. All had the same composition and size as the corresponding British coins. The reverse of the first issue of decimal coinage bore the coat of arms of Jersey as had previous coins. The ½ penny coin was last minted in 1981.
  
  20 pence coins were introduced in 1982 and £2 coins in 1998.
caption: 1858 States of Jersey ​1⁄13 shilling. (KM#3, 34.10mm, Copper)
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