Brief Alderney History
Alderney is part of the Channel Islands
, being the third largest after Jersey and Guernsey. It is a dependency of the Island of Guernsey, is ruled directly by the British Crown, and is not subject to the British Parliament.
The Channel Islands, for those who do not know are in the English Channel (La Manche), and are much closer to France than to England.
It was evacuated during the German occupation of France in 1940, but was re-occupied by the islanders in 1945.
Alderney's First Coins Alderney issued its own coins for the first time only in 1989, although it has only issued special commemorative and collector coins rather than circulating coins. Its gold coins are all proof issues. We sometimes have in stock a few Alderney coins. The mintage figures tend to be quite low, although perhaps this is to expected with a population of under 2,500.
Alderney Gold Coins In the short time for which Alderney had been issuing gold coins, it has made a variety of denominations. These appear to split into two series. Large format two and five pound coins have been issued as gold proof versions of cupro-nickel commemorative crown sized coins. Another series starts with a small ten pound coin and progresses through twenty five, fifty and hundred pound coins.
Technical Specifications
Denomination | Diameter | Weight | Fineness | Gold Content |
---|---|---|---|---|
One Pound (2005/2009)
|
13.92 | 1.244 | 0.999 | 0.03996 |
One Pound
|
25.50 | 15.80 | .9166 | 0.5542 |
Two Pounds
|
38.61 | 47.5400 | .9166 | 1.4012 |
Five Pounds
|
38.61 | 47.5400 | .9166 | 1.4012 |
Five Pounds (2002 onwards)
|
38.61 | 39.94 | .9166 | 1.177 |
Ten Pounds
|
16.50 | 3.1300 | .999 | 0.1005 |
Twenty Five Pounds
|
22.00 | 7.8100 | .999 | 0.2509 |
Twenty Five Pounds Piedfort (2000)
|
38.61 | 39.94 | .9166 | 1.177 |
Twenty Five Pounds (2003)
|
22.05 | 7.9800 | .916 | 0.2534 |
Fifty Pounds
|
26.50 | 15.6100 | .999 | 0.5014 |
Hundred Pounds
|
62.50 | 31.2100 | .999 | 1.0025 |
Thousand Pounds
|
100 | 1,090.86 | .9166 | 31.15 |
Prices & Availability
Please contact us for current prices and availability prior to ordering.
Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £9 per order
EU Insured Post £10 per order
USA Airmail $10 per order
USA Insured Shipping by Fedex $40 per order
Coins Wanted We make an active market in almost all coins, including Alderney coins. If you have any of these coins to sell, please contact us, or post them to us for appraisal and offer.
Alderney Silver and Base Metal Coins
For silver and base metal coins of Alderney, please look at our original Chard Coins
website.
Reverse of 2002 Alderney Gold Proof One Pound
Reverse of Alderney Gold £2 of 1995
Concorde on Reverse of 2003 Alderney Gold Five Pounds
Spitfires on Reverse of 2000 Alderney Gold £25 Pounds