ten years in
the beginning of the present century, and was, I am told, the first to
issue paper money (L1 notes) in Guernsey. It came to grief, however,
after this short time.

"There are descendants of Mr. Bishop still living in Guernsey.

"'Mon Plaisir' is the name of the family estate of the Guernsey family
of de Jersey, of which the partner in the Bank of that name was a
member.

"Bishop and de Jersey are two distinct family names, both belonging to
Guernsey."

CHANNEL ISLANDS COPPER TOKENS.

I have not, during two and a half years' stay in Jersey, been able to
find any 17th century token of the Channel Islands.

The supply of small copper coins from France at that period prevented
any inconvenience from want of currency of low denominations, and so
probably no 17th century tokens were struck.

Nor were there any penny nor half-penny tokens struck for the Channel
Islands between the years 1788 and 1797, when the issue of these, prior
to the regal copper coinage of 1797, was so extensive in Great Britain.

But in the years 1812 and 1813 the copper currency, as well as that of
silver, ran short, owing chiefly to the great drain caused by the
Continental wars and the suspension of mintage work in common with other
industries; accordingly, a few tokens, only six in all, of the penny
size were issued from two sources.

The description of these is as follows:--

1. _O._ JERSEY BANK TOKEN, 1812 = Laureated sinister bust of George III.
_R_. ELIAS NEEL, JERSEY, A BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE FOR 240 TOKENS.

2. _O._ JERSEY BANK, 1813 = A draped sinister bust of King George III.
_R._ ONE PENNY TOKEN--The figure of Commerce seated.

3. _O._ JERSEY, GUERNSEY, AND ALDERNEY = ONE PENNY TOKEN.
_R._ TO FACILITATE TRADE, 1813 = Prince of Wales Plume of ostrich
feathers and motto.

4. _O._ As last.
_R_. Laureated bust of King George III. within oak leaf wreath.

5. _O_. As last.
_R._ ONE PENNY TOKEN within a wreath.

6. _O._ As last.
_R._ PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER. PENNY TOKEN = A Druid's
head.

All the above-mentioned tokens are rare. I can find none whatever issued
since 1813, nor prior to 1812. I have, in the above descriptions, taken
the _obverse_ of tokens as the side of the coin specifying the Bank or
other source of issue. This makes uniformity in the descriptions more
apparent perhaps, though, in one case, it wrongly throws the bust on the
_reve