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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 6649407, member: 12789&quot;]I just love the Channel Islands, they used French currency into the 20th century, spoke a French dialect until WWII - are the only original Norman possession still under the British monarchy and used their own local coinage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The one double coin was 1/8th of a British penny the equivalent of a half farthing - a coin that only saw very limited use in Britain in the early 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their paper money is a whole other sphere of interest:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse references the hero of the Battle of Queenstown Heights near Toronto Canada in 1812 - Sir Isaac Brock was a native of Guernsey that lost his life while his forces defeated the American invaders.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a small low population place off the coast of France they have had an outsized influence on history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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