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1 Pound
| Issuer | Town Vingtaine of St. Helier |
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| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion bears the issuer title "Town Vingtaine of St. Helier" in red letterpress, above a central intaglio vignette of St. Helier harbour with sailing vessels and a fortified hilltop, all enclosed within a fine guilloche border. The denomination "ONE POUND" is overprinted in red at centre, with the promise-to-pay text reading "We Promise to pay the Bearer on the ... out of the Revenue of the said Vingtaine. JERSEY," including manuscript date spaces. A handwritten entry number appears at lower left, with a signature space designated "Procureurs" at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | RENEWED NOTE |
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The Vingtaines — Jersey's ancient parish subdivisions — issued emergency currency during the German Occupation of 1940–1945 when the island's normal supply chains were severed and small change became acutely scarce. St. Helier's Vingtaine was among the local administrative units authorized to produce these notes, which circulated purely out of necessity rather than any formal monetary infrastructure.
Cotton paper was specified to distinguish these issues from ordinary printed material, though production quality varied. The authorization derived from the Occupation's civilian administration, not the Crown — a legal ambiguity that was quietly set aside after Liberation.