Country: Guernsey or Guernesey? [solved]

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edduns Joined: 17-Oct-2013 Posts: 516	Posted: 16-Feb-2017, 07:38PM On the coin it is spelled Guernesey and every place I search it is spelled Guernsey (E Bay & Numista). What's up with this? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/guernesey-1.html "Find a penny pick it up; all day long you'll have good luck"

ZacUK Numista team, Moderator Joined: 3-Jan-2011 Posts: 4843	Posted: 16-Feb-2017, 07:47PM As this was originally a French site, the page links have French spelling. So German States appears on page, but has etats_allemands in the link, for example. My collections > http://mycoinssite.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=13560800 also 13750057 also 15924495 also 15995337 http://mycoinssite.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=16060326

superman43 Joined: 30-Jun-2013 Posts: 535	Posted: 16-Feb-2017, 08:30PM It depends whether you mean the link or the first coins it shows. As for the former, ZacUK answered it. As for the latter, Guernsey was formerly using French coins and the regional languages (Guernesiais, Sercquiais, Auregnais) are closely related to French language, therefore it´s spelled Guernesey on coins during 1830-1949.

January First-of-May Joined: 10-Apr-2016 Posts: 431	Posted: 16-Feb-2017, 09:21PM For completeness' sake, the 1971-1984 coins use the spelling Gernereve (not sure of the origin, could be Latin). Everything else is Guernsey.

superman43 Joined: 30-Jun-2013 Posts: 535	Posted: 16-Feb-2017, 11:06PM More correctly... 1956-1984 used lettering S´BALLIVIE INSVLE DE GERNERE VE and it does mean Bailiwick of the Island of Guernsey. Post-1984 Bailiwick of Guernsey.

edduns Joined: 17-Oct-2013 Posts: 516	Posted: 17-Feb-2017, 12:31AM Thanks all - I believe I understand now. Ed "Find a penny pick it up; all day long you'll have good luck"

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