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Coins and banknotes of the islands of Alderney and Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, English Channel Islands

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Parity

1829 - 1848 80 Guernsey Doubles = 1 French Franc
1848 - 1850 2040 Guernsey Doubles = 1 Pound Sterling (= gold Sovereign)
1870 - 1921 2016 Guernsey Doubles = 1 Pound Sterling (= gold Sovereign)
1921 - 1971 1920 Guernsey Doubles = 1 Guernsey Pound (banknote) = 1 Pound Sterling
1940 - 1945 1920 Guernsey Doubles = 7.00 - 9.60 German Reichsmarks
1971 - present 100 Guernsey (New) Pence = 1 Guernsey Pound = 1 Pound Sterling
 
A Catalogue of Original Documents Relating to the Monetary History of Guernsey
- especially interested during the Germany occupation 1940-5.

Has Guernsey the World's most boring coins?

8 Doubles 1834, rev
8 Doubles 1834

«-  No change in 100 years!  -»
 
Bronze coins replaced during
decimalization in 1971 were
little different from coppers
first issued in 1830.

Now things have changed ...

8 Doubles 1934, rev
8 Doubles 1934
 

Books of reference for Alderney & Guernsey coins,
and for Guernsey banknotes

Atkins, James, (1889), The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire, Bernard Quaritch, London;
 
Lowsley, B., (1897), The Coinages of the Channel Islands, Victoria Printing Works, London;
 
Pridmore, F., (1960), The British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 1, European Territories, Spink & Son Ltd.;
 
Exley, W., (1968), Guernsey Coinage, A Historical & Numismatic Monograph, W. Exley, Guernsey;
 
Howlett, C. J., (1968), History & Catalogue of Channel Islands Coinages, C. J. Howlett, Guernsey;
 
Rimick, James, Dowle, Finn, (1971), The Guide Book and Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins 1649-1971, 3rd Ed., Regency Coin and Stamp Co., Winnipeg;
 
du Quesne-Bird, N., (1974), A Catalogue of Original Documents Relating to the Monetary History of Guernsey, Bradford-on-Avon;
 
McCammon, A. L. T., (1984), Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles, Spink, London;  ISBN 0 907605 13 3
 
McCammon, A. L. T., (1993), Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles ii, Supplement, Spink, London;  ISBN 0 907605 41 9
 
The A L T McCammon Collection of Channel Islands Coins, Tokens and Paper Money, catalogue of the sale held on 11th October 1999, Baldwin's Auctions Ltd, London;
 
Lobel & Davidson, (1999), Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands, & Isle of Man, Standard Catalogue Publishers Ltd, London; ISBN 0 9526228 74
 
Spink, (2003), Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy) Pre-decimal Issues, Second Edition; Spink, London;  ISBN 1 902040 47 3
 
Schön, Günter / Schön, Gerhard, Welt Münzkatalog 20, Jahrhundert bis heute (1900-2004), 33rd edition, Munich 2004, (in German); ISBN 3-89441-557-6
 
Holloway, Edward, (1981), How Guernsey Beat the Bankers, Toucan Press, Guernsey;  ISBN 0 85694 239 1
 
The following are published by Krause Publications ...
 
Bruce & Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900, 5th Edition;  ISBN 0-89689-373-1
 
Bruce & Michael, 2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000, 35th Edition;  ISBN 0-89689-500-9
 
Bruce & Michael, 2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001 to Date, 2nd Edition;  ISBN 0-89689-501-7
 
Cuhaj, George S., Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues, 1368-1960, 11th Edition;  ISBN 0-89689-412-6
 
Cuhaj, George S., Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues, 1961-Present, 13th Edition;  ISBN 0-89689-502-5
 

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