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 reverse.