Guernsey, Channel Islands, Bishop de Jersey & Co. 1809 Five-Shillings AU58

Bank of Guernsey, Bishop, de Jersey and Co., silver bank token for Five Shillings, 1809, struck by the Soho Mint entirely over a Mexico City Mint, Spanish Empire Eight Reales of Charles IV of Spain, arms of Guernsey with three leopards passant left, with right forepaw raised, on vertically ruled shield, beaded and ruled circle surrounding, pellet centred quatrefoil below at bottom, legend and toothed border surrounding, BISHOP DE JERSEY & Co., rev. inverted die axis, value at centre in three lines, top and bottom line curving, TOKEN / OF FIVE / SHILLINGS, within oak wreath tied with ribbon, date below at bottom, legend and toothed border surrounding, BANK OF GUERNSEY (Pridmore 90; Davis 1; MacCammon T1; KM Tn-1). Toned with some light surface marks, plenty of undertype of the Mexico City Dollar showing around the rims, the only slabbed and graded piece of this extremely rare issue by NGC as AU58, one of very few survivors in private ownership.