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4 Doubles - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 1956-1966 |
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| Value | 4 Doubles (1⁄480) |
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| Reverse lettering | GUERNSEY 1956 FOUR DOUBLES |
| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Guernsey's doubles denomination — a local unit with no equivalent elsewhere in the British Isles — traces its origins to the 17th century and survived well into the decimal era purely by institutional inertia. The 4 doubles piece occupied the role of a halfpenny equivalent in local reckoning, with eight doubles to the penny.
This issue was among the last struck before decimalization rendered the entire doubles series obsolete in 1971.