CURRENCY OF THE ISLE OF MAN,

FROM ITS EARLIEST APPEARANCE
TO ITS
ASSIMILATION WITH, THE BRITISH COINAGE IN 1840;
WITH THE
Laws and other Circumstances connected with its History

 

EDITED BY
CHARLES CLAY, M.D.,
MANCHESTER

 

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN
PRINTED FOR THE MANX SOCIETY
MDCCCLXIX.

CONTENTS.

 

PREFACE

Plates

INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS

CHAPTER I.:

Earnest Notices of Manx Coins-Laws relating to Treasure Trove-"Manx Half crowns''-Thomas Bushell ,.. ... 2-33

CHAPTER II:

Finds of Treasure: (1) Coins of uncertain and those without dates; (2) Those with date ... .. .... ... 34-44

CHAPTER III.:

Current Coins and their Laws, &c.-Earliest Issued ... ... 45-78

CHAPTER IV.

The subject continued-Athol and Imperial Issue 79-96

CHAPTER V.

Tradesmen's Tokens: Historical Notices of Commemorative and other Medals, Medalets, Seals, etc.-Tabulated List of Coins, Medals, Tokens, &c., directly of indirectly connected with.the Island, arranged chronologically from the cabinet of the author ... ... ... ... ... 97-113

CHAPTER VI.:

On the Paper Money of the Island: Section 1. Card Money ... 114-149

CHAPTER VII.:

The Subject continued: Section 2 Banks and Banking. . ... 150-159

CHAPTER VIII:

Extracts, Proclamations, Advertisements, Licences, and other Memoranda respecting Card Notes and Paper Money of the Isle of Man ... ... ... ... ... ... 160-210

 


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