Act of the States of the Island of Jersey
The 8th day of December 1864

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The Act of 8 December 1864 was not an isolated decision but the latest in a chain of copper coinage legislation stretching back to 1840. Each Act of the States of Jersey required the Sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council before taking effect — a constitutional requirement reflecting the Island's status as a Crown Dependency. This traces the legislative ancestry of the 1864 Act and the monetary context in which it was passed.



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Source: Act of the States of the Island of Jersey, 8 December 1864 · Signed by Germain Le Gros, Greffier · Legislative ancestry: Acts of 13 July 1840, 13 December 1850, 15 October 1857