Talk:Guernsey pound
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In [1], it is claimed that the value of the double was as follows:
| 1829-1848 | 80 Doubles = 1 French Franc |
| 1848-1850 | 2040 Doubles = 1 Pound |
| 1870-1921 | 2016 Doubles = 1 Pound |
| 1921-1971 | 1920 Doubles = 1 Pound |
The rates to the pound correspond to 8×12×21.25, 8×12×21 and 8×12×20, respectively, whilst the rate of 80 to the franc would tally with the rate of 1920 doubles to the pound and 24 francs to the pound, as was used on Guernsey's World War I banknotes. Can anyone make sense of these rates?
Dove1950 14:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- The WWI notes were denominated in shillings or pounds and francs, with 1 pound = 24 francs. This was not the rate of exchange between sterling and the French franc, that was £1 = 25.22 FF. Could it have been that Guernsey had its own pound, worth 24 FF? If the double was an eighth of a "Guernsey penny", that works out at 80 doubles to the franc (as above), 1920 doubles to the "Guernsey pound" and 2017.7 doubles to the pound sterling, not a million miles away from 2016. In 1921, the bi-currency notes were stamped with the word "British", perhaps indicating a switch to sterling with 8 doubles = 1 British penny. This doesn't explain the earlier rate of 2040 (perhaps something to do with the Latin Union?), nor what happened between 1850 and 1870 (could be a typo on the original site?) but it does suggest that there's more to the double that meets the eye.
Dove1950 22:43, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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- "The Coin Atlas" by Cribb, Cook and Carradice confirms the exchange rate of 2016 double to the pound sterling before 1921 and states that there were "21 Guernsey shillings to the British pound". I've therefore incorporated this value, together with the link to the French franc, into the article. I can't account for the earlier rate of 2040 yet. It seems to come from "Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles" by McCammon (ISBN 0 907605 13 3) but I can't find a copy.
Dove1950 12:50, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
- "The Coin Atlas" by Cribb, Cook and Carradice confirms the exchange rate of 2016 double to the pound sterling before 1921 and states that there were "21 Guernsey shillings to the British pound". I've therefore incorporated this value, together with the link to the French franc, into the article. I can't account for the earlier rate of 2040 yet. It seems to come from "Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles" by McCammon (ISBN 0 907605 13 3) but I can't find a copy.
[edit] guernsey 1997 pound coin
hi i have found at work a guernsey pound coin which has a symbol we do not recognise is there any chance of it being a rare coin?????
