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.

Date	Denomination	Description	Grade	Mintage
1993	Two Pounds	Royal Visit	Proof	100
1993	Twenty Five Pounds	Coronation Anniversary 40 Years Commemorative - State Coach	Proof	1,000
1995	One Pound	Victory in Europe 1945 50th Anniversary (VE Day)	Proof	500
1995	Two Pounds	Liberation - Return of the Islanders	Proof	250
1997	Twenty Five Pounds	Golden Wedding Commemorative - Prince Charles' Investiture	Proof	2,500
1999	Two Pounds	Total Solar Eclipse	Proof	100
1999	Five Pounds	Churchill	Proof	125
1999	Five Pounds	Alderney & Guernsey Gold Proof Churchill Five Pound Set	Proof	125
2000	Twenty Five Pounds	60th Anniversary Battle of Britain	Proof
2000	Twenty Five Pounds	Queen Mother Centenary	Proof
2001	Five Pounds	Queen's 75th Birthday	Proof	1,500
2002	Five Pounds	Duke of Wellington	Proof	200
2002		Princess of Wales - The Work Continues	Proof
2002	Twenty Five Pounds	Golden Jubilee	Proof	2,500
2002	Five Pounds	Golden Jubilee Piedfort	Proof	100
2002	Twenty Five Pounds	Alderney & Guernsey Golden Jubilee Two Coin Set	Proof	1,000
2002/2003	Twenty Five Pounds	Prince William & Princess Diana Two Coin Set	Proof	250
2003	Five Pounds	Prince William	Proof	250
2003	Thousand Pounds	Prince William	Proof	21
2003	Five Pounds	Concorde	Proof	500
2003	Twenty Five Pounds	The Mary Rose	Proof	2,500
2004	Five Pounds	The Rocket	Proof	500
2004	3 x Five Pounds	60th Anniversary of D-Day	Proof	500
2004	Thousand Pounds	D-Day Landings, One Kilo	Semi - Proof	60
2005	One Pound	Lord Nelson	Proof
2005	Thousand Pounds	Nelson & Battle of Trafalgar Bicentenary, One Kilo	Semi - Proof	60
2007	One Pound	Princess Diana	Proof	20,000
2008	Five Pound	Concorde	Proof	250
2008	One Pound	Concorde	Proof	1,000
2009	One Pound	50th Anniversary of the Mini	Proof	5,000
2010	Five Pound	Royal Engagement Alderney £5 Gold Proof Crown	Proof	1,000

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.