Latten (60% copper, 30% zinc, 10% lead), 12mm
Until specimens were found during excavation at Castle
Cornet 1981-92, this piece was known only from a
Royal Court of Guernsey Ordinance of 1553/4.
References:
McCammon, 1984, p.104;
Barton, K. J., 2003, The Archaeology of Castle Cornet,
St Peter Port, Guernsey, ISBN 1-871560-04-7, pp.220-3.
McCammon T1, silver, 42mm
Soon after initial issue the token was declared
illegal and it ceased circulating in Guernsey. This
piece showns some wear so it might subsequently
have been used elsewhere as bullion.
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C3G G. Brennan - Half Pint |
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Image courtesy Denis McAllister. |
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C8G H. Brenton - Bottle brass 28.6mm; rev: a circle, beading |
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C9G H. Brenton - Pint brass 25.65mm; rev: a circle, beading |
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C10G H. Brenton - ½ Pint brass 22mm; rev: a circle, beading |
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C11G(i) Caves de Bordeaux, Auguste Bulteau brass 31mm; rev: plain, fine beading |
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C12G A. Bulteau, Caves de Bordeaux, ½ copper-nickel 26mm; rev: plain, fine beading |
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C14G(iii) Caves de Bordeaux, Bertin Feuillerat brass 30mm; rev: fine beading |
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C14G(v) Caves de Bordeaux, Bertin Feuillerat copper-nickel 30mm; rev: coarse beading |
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C51G St Julien's Club, 1 brass 23.5mm |
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C52G(ii) Sarnian Club, 1 brass 19.7mm |
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C53G Sarnian Club, 2D brass 27mm |
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C54G(i) Sarnian Club, 3 brass 27.2mm |
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C67G Paris House, Dumeraille & Rouly brass 22.7mm |
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C75G G. Hamon & Co., 2/- brass 25.2mm, with incuse '2/-'; rev: a circle, beading |
Above images C8G - C75G courtesy Gary Blampied;
click any of these for a full-resolution 300-dpi scan.
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coins & tokens from Gary's collection.
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* L.S.MARMAIN * GUERNSEY WEST END SPIRIT STORES copper 29mm |
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This piece is not listed by McCammon. Image courtesy Frank Gorsler. The business continues to trade, presently as the West End Bar, Mansell Street, St Peter Port. |
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MARITIME INN 2D · GUERNSEY · copper |
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This piece is not listed by McCammon. The business continues to trade, presently as Mariners Inn, St. Sampson. |
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WEST'S / MARINE / HOTEL, /IRON F. BIRM & FAMILY / BOARDING / HOUSE / GUERNSEY. brass 25mm |
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Dinsmore Dairy Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
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Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933 - 1935 II Byrd Antarctic Expedition For Distinguished Service To The Dairy Industry, In Commemoration By The American Guernsey Cattle Club, May 1935 "In 1933, Emmadine Farms offered Admiral Richard E. Byrd a cow to provide milk for his South Pole expedition. The cow, Foremost Southern Girl, was shipped with hay and medicine to Antarctica. She returned healthy a year later with her calf, born in Antarctica, and was awarded the expedition medal". |
C64G aluminium 30.75mm
C63G brass 30.75mm
These advertising checks were distributed prior
to decimalization in 1971. They did not circulate.
These images courtesy Henk van den Hombergh.
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C91G Imitation 1 double, enamelled brass 18.9mm; rev: 1 DOUBLE 1877 |
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C93G Imitation 1 double, 1877 brass, 19.2mm |
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Above two images courtesy Gary Blampied |
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Imitation 1 double, 2001 gold 4.0gm, 18.93mm, produced by the Guernsey Mint |
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SCBI 6367, cast copper, 19.7/20mm 6.05gm |
 Images courtesy Paul Withers of Galata Coins. Click an image to view a high resolution scan. |
SCBI 6366, struck on cast copper planchet, 22.8/25.3mm 7.75gm |
These pieces have recently been attributed to
Amice de Carteret, Deputy Seigneur of Sark 1594-1601,
on the basis of an heraldic argument. Evidence of
circulation on Sark is lacking.
References:
Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 49, (1999);
Thompson, Journal of the Society of Antiquaries, (1999).
References:
McCammon, Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles, p.166, (1984);
McCammon, Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles ii, Supplement, pp.82-83, (1993);
Australian Numismatic Journal, vol.34, pp.9-14, (1983);
Coin News, Vol.34, No.8, pp.27-28, (August, 1997);
TAMS Journal (Token and Medal Society), Vol. 24 No. 2, pp.61-62, (April 1984).
C121CI brass, 27.8mm
Above image courtesy Jim Cassidy.
C122J brass, 38.9mm
Above image courtesy Adrian Butler.
C123G(i) brass, 27.7×39.5mm
Above image courtesy Andrew Sound.
C123G(ii) zinc, 27.7×39.5mm
C124G zinc, 32.35mm
Above 2 images courtesy Henk van den Hombergh.
C125J brass, 40.9mm
Above image courtesy Phil Finkle.
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C126J brass, 35.3mm
Although listed by McCammon as brass, the
piece above is reported to be cast copper.
Image courtesy Wake Forest Coins.
George Rogers, Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA.
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C126J brass, 35.3mm
The 'T' perforation is not mentioned by
McCammon, so possibly this is a variety.
Above image courtesy Henk van den Hombergh.
C127J(i) brass, 35.3mm
Above image courtesy Andrew Sound
(C127J copper), 35.3mm
Copper, is not mentioned by McCammon,
so possibly this is a variety.
Above image courtesy Jim Cassidy
C127J(ii) brass, 35.3mm
Above image courtesy Warren E Booth
C128J brass, 35.3mm
Above image courtesy Michael Freeman
C129J brass, 35.4mm
C130J zinc, 63.45×33.25mm
The design depicts a bomb bearing the emblem
of the Todt organisation targeting England on
a crude map of Western Europe.
C132CI zinc, 38.8×64.7mm
Above 3 images courtesy Andrew Sound.
'AUSWEIS', similar to piece above
Unlisted by McCammon
C131CI(i) zinc oblong 38.8×64.7mm 'Todt 5RM' C131CI(ii) zinc oblong 38.8×64.7mm 'Todt 5RM', holes l. & r.
Please email me if you are able to furnish an image of either of these?