Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Currency | Pound (1808-1971) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is dominated by a large central medallion bearing the Guernsey Arms — three lions passant guardant — encircled by the legend S. BAILIWICK GUERNSEY INSYLA DEGGERIAE, set within an elaborate lathe-work guilloche pattern of interlocking geometric rosettes and star motifs covering the entire field. |
| Reverse lettering | S. BAILIWICK GUERNSEY INSYLA DEGGERIAE |
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Guernsey's first formally catalogued note issue, this 1895 Pound predates the island's better-known twentieth-century series by decades. The States of Guernsey had long resisted dependence on English banking infrastructure, and paper issues of this period reflect that institutional stubbornness — Guernsey maintained its own currency administration well outside the orbit of the Bank of England, a position it has never fully abandoned.
Perkins, Bacon & Petch brought their intaglio security printing expertise to the job, the same firm responsible for some of the earliest British colonial stamp issues. Their involvement here signals that Guernsey treated this as a serious security document, not a provisional measure.