Quarter Crown at 4-1/2 gros.
Half quarter Crown at 2-1/4 do.
Teston of France at 17 deniers.

7.--30th September, 1605. French coins, not worn out--_e.g._, quarter
and half-crowns, testons and half-testons, francs and
half-francs--are to be received at the rate of 64 sols to the
crown. Reals to be held worth 5 deniers.

8.--4th October, 1619. Many unauthorized persons having coined
freluques, this is forbidden under pain of public whipping "jusqu'
a effusion de sang."

9.--6th October, 1623. The Normans having sent hither a quantity of
deniers tournois, which they are passing for doubles, the Governor
is asked to appoint a person to coin freluques.

10.--17th April, 1626. The island being flooded with foreign doubles, no
one shall be compelled to take more of them than the value of 2
sous tournois per crown of the money to be paid to him.

STATES:

11.--February 26, 1640. A quantity of light French coin being current in
the island, traders and others insist on weighing these moneys,
refusing to take them at more than their true value. It is ordered
that such money be always weighed, as is done in Normandy.

12.--On the 3rd of the said February, 1640, it had been ordered that all
such coins should pass for their nominal value without weighing.

13.--Aug. 9, 1646. The States complain that whereas by their ancient
customs they were allowed in Guernsey to pay all dues to the King
in such money as was current in Normandy, the Governor and his
Deputy had insisted on continuing to pay such French money as they
had in their possession after it had been recalled, and would no
longer pass in Normandy.

14.--Jan. 4, 1649. It hath been ordained this day that the English
shilling, being worth 12 pence sterling, shall go in this island
for 12 sols tournois in payment, and receate and other species of
English money in proportion.

ROYAL COURT:

15.--Oct. 5, 1713. Great numbers of deniers having been brought into the
island, not less than 15 of them shall be counted for a sol
tournois.

16.--April 26, 1718. The last order is annulled, and the value of a
denier fixed at 14 to the sol tournois.

17.--April 22, 1723. Great abundance of deniers still being imported,
they are now to be valued at 16 to the sol tournois.

18.--Dec. 2, 1723. The value of deniers fixed at 20 to the so