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1 Penny - James Stanley
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Value | 1 Penny = 1⁄12 Shilling = 1⁄240 Pound (1⁄280) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Stanley heraldic crest: an eagle with wings displayed, perched atop a swaddled infant (the 'eagle and child' device), resting upon a cap of maintenance set on a decorative coronet. The date 1733 appears in the lower field below the crest. The circumferential legend SANS · CHANGER (meaning 'Without Change', the Stanley family motto) runs along the upper periphery, with a milled border encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Manx triskeles (three armoured legs conjoined at the thigh and radiating symmetrically), dividing the denomination and issuer's initials: I, D, and 1, standing for Iacobus Darbiensis 1 [Penny] (James, Earl of Derby, 1 Penny). The circumferential legend QUOCUNQUE · IECERIS · STABIT, the ancient motto of the Isle of Man meaning 'Wherever you throw it, it will stand', runs around the periphery, with a milled border. |
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James Stanley, the 10th Earl of Derby, held the lordship of Man under a feudal arrangement dating to 1405, when Henry IV granted the island to Sir John Stanley. By 1733, the Stanleys had long exercised near-regal authority over the island, including the right to strike their own coinage — a privilege that effectively ended when the British Crown purchased the island's feudal rights from the 12th Earl in 1765 under the Revestment Act, absorbing Man into direct Crown administration and terminating the Stanley coinage series entirely.