[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.
P. Briard, Esq., makes the following interesting communication respecting the "Double" from information he obtained from Guernsey:—
"The present Guernsey "Double" owes its name to an ancient French coin which became later the "Liard," and equals the 1⁄4th part of a sou. I see, by an ordinance passed in the year 1763, the following clause:—
"'Que les paiements qui se firont en Liards de France ou Grand-Doubles seront sur le pied de seulement de six Liards ou Grand-Doubles par sol tournois.'
"By another ordinance of more than a century before—viz., in 1626—I find these words: 'D'autant qu' à present, le païs estant rempli de Doubles apportis par les estrangers, plusieurs demeurent charges de grande quantité d'iceux doubles qu'ils ne peuvent mettre ny débiter à leur grande perte et dommage. A esté ordonné que dormavent seul recevant argent, ne sera tenu en prendre à plus de la valeur de deux sous par escu sur l'argent qu'il recevra.'