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New Jersey pound. A 12 /– colonial currency note from the Province of New Jersey. Signed by Robert Smith, John Hart, and John Stevens, Jr. A 1776 three-shilling New Jersey bank note. The pound was the currency of New Jersey until 1793. Initially, sterling coin and some foreign currencies circulated, supplemented from 1709 by local paper money.
The 2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented Rider University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.They played their home games at the Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and were led by seventh year head coach Kevin Baggett.
At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km 2 ), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area, but with close to 9.3 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, its highest decennial count ever, it ranks 11th in population. The state capital is Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark.
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The livre was the currency of Jersey until 1834. It consisted of French coins which, in the early 19th century, were exchangeable for sterling at a rate of 26 livres = 1 pound. After the livre was replaced by the franc in France in 1795, the supply of coins in Jersey dwindled leading to difficulties in trade and payment. In 1834, an Order in Counci...
History
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 introduc...
Coinage
Designs on the reverse of Jersey coins: 1. 1p Le HocqTower (coastal defence) 2. 2p L'Hermitage, site where St. Helierlived 3. 5p Seymour Tower (offshore defence) 4. 10p La Pouquelaye de Faldouet (dolmen) 5. 20p La CorbièreLighthouse 6. 50p Grosnez Castle(ruins)
In 1797 Hugh Godfray and Company, a wine merchant, opened Jersey's first bank (later called the Jersey Old Bank) and issued £1 notes. Due to the shortage of livre tournois coinage, individuals and companies issued a large number of low value notes until in 1813 the States laid down that notes had to have a minimum value of £1. Until 1831, a large n...
New Jersey Population Topped 9 Million in Last Decade. America Counts today launches a state-by-state look at the demographic changes the new 2020 Census results reveal. Our state profiles bring you all key population characteristics of your state and your county on one page. See how they compare to the nation overall and to neighboring ...
Paleo-Indians and Native Americans. Paleo-Indians first settled in the area of present-day New Jersey after the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C. The Zierdt site in Montague, Sussex County and the Plenge site along the Musconetcong River in Franklin Township, Warren County, as well as the Dutchess Cave in Orange County, New York, represent camp sites of Paleo-Indians.
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