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1 Double
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1868-1911 |
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| Weight | 2.26 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the denomination and date in three horizontal lines across the central field: the numeral 1 in the upper register, DOUBLE in the middle, and the four-digit year below. The Heaton mint mark H appears in the lower exergual area beneath the date. The design is plain and typographic in character, with no additional ornamental devices, and is enclosed within a beaded border matching that of the obverse. |
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| Mintage | 1868 - - 64,368 1868 - overdate variety on 1830 issue - 1885 H - - 76,800 1885 H - Proof - 1889 H - - 112,016 1889 H - Proof - 1893 H - - 56,016 1899 H - Coin or Medal orientation - 56,000 1902 H - - 84,000 1902 H - Proof - 1903 H - - 112,000 1911 H - - 67,200 |
| Additional information |
Guernsey's doubles — a denomination unique to the island and entirely outside the British sterling system — were struck in a denomination that traced back to local Norman custom, with the double equivalent to one-eighth of a penny. The States of Guernsey jealously guarded the right to issue their own coinage, a privilege periodically contested by the British Treasury and just as periodically reaffirmed by the island's own legislative body.
The KM#10 series ran across four monarchs' reigns without meaningful redesign — a telling sign of how little London's succession politics mattered to Guernsey's domestic currency arrangements.