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1 Pound

Issuer States of Guernsey
Year 1916-1918
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Value 1 Pound
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Obverse lettering The States of Guernsey Guernsey PROMISE to pay the BEARER on demand ONE POUND value received by authority of the states ONE POUND
Reverse description Printed in blue by letterpress, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate engine-turned guilloche pattern of interlocking scalloped medallions radiating from a central circular vignette bearing the Guernsey Arms — a shield charged with three golden lions passant — enclosed within a legend reading INSVLA DEGGERNEAE S. BALLIVIE. The printer's imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co. London appears at the foot of the central vignette.
Reverse lettering INSVLA DEGGERNEAE S. BALLIVIE
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