Katalog
Vollständige Bilder anzeigen — kostenlose Registrierung
Mit Google fortfahren — kostenlos
oder mit E-Mail registrieren
1 Pound
| Emittent | States of Guernsey |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1854-1864 |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | 1 Pound |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Black letterpress text on white paper. The upper portion carries the word 'Guernsey' in elaborate copperplate script at centre, flanked by two allegorical female figures with a heraldic shield between them, and two oval 'ONE' counters at the upper corners. The main text reads 'THE STATES OF GUERNSEY Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND Value received By Authority of the States', with the denomination 'One Pound' repeated in script at lower left above the manuscript signatures. |
|---|---|
| Vorderseitenlegende | Guernsey THE STATES OF GUERNSEY Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND Value received By Authority of the States One Pound ONE |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
The States of Guernsey began issuing their own paper currency in 1827, decades before most Crown Dependencies had any formal note-issuing apparatus. This early £1 belongs to a period when the island's monetary arrangements were genuinely anomalous — Guernsey operated outside the Bank of England's jurisdiction and maintained its own distinct currency system, a situation that generated periodic friction with British Treasury officials throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
The A2 designation reflects surviving documentation rather than a clean cataloguing sequence — earlier Guernsey issues from this period are poorly attested, and the precise boundaries between related series remain debated among specialists.