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" " 1837 | | |210 0 0|205 6 [I] " " " 1839 | | |210 0 0|205 6 8 | | | | [J]Copper of date 1858--Values sent | |58 9 0|237 12 6|464 7 0 | | | | [J]Bronze of date 1864--Values sent | | |218 18 0|463 8 0 [J]Additional sent in 1865 | | |224 16 0|723 0 0 [K]Bronze of date 1868--Values sent |33 10 6 | 36 2 10|120 4 0|228 0 0 | | | | [K]Bronze of date 1874--Values sent | | 48 2 0|144 4 0|305 4 0 | | | | [L]Bronze of date 1885--Values sent |29 4 6 | 74 5 0|145 4 0|290 8 0 | | | | [L]Bronze of date 1889--Values sent |58 6 6 | 37 2 0|217 12 0|924 16 0 | | | | [L]Bronze of date 1893--Values sent |29 3 6 | |108 16 0|490 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [I] Coinage executed by Messrs. R. Boulton & Co., Soho, Birmingham. [J] Coinage executed by Messrs. Henry Joy & Co. [K] Coinage executed by Messrs. Partridge & Co., Birmingham. [L] Coinage executed by Messrs. Heaton & Sons (now "The Mint," Birmingham, Limited). The type of all the above copper and bronze issues for Guernsey remains generally the same, there being, of course, specified the various dates and differences for value. The description of one coin, as following, will therefore answer in general terms for the whole of the issues:-- _O._ The Guernsey Arms [_gules_, three lions passant gardant _or_], surmounted by a sprig of three laurel leaves, the whole within two laurel branches fastened by a ribbon, and with GUERNSEY under. _R._ 8 |DOUBLES| 1834, in three lines. Minor points, such as the omission or insertion of the wreath of laurel and the beaded circle, are fully described in the works of Mr. James Atkins[M] and of Mr. D. F. Howorth[N], and need not therefore be repeated here. [M] "The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire," by James Atkins. Published by Bernard Quaritch, 15, Piccadilly. 1889. [N] "Coins and Toke
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