Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | St. Mary's Parochial Bank |
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| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on light paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of St. Mary's Church, Jersey, set within an oval frame and flanked by two heraldic shields — one bearing the arms of Jersey and one bearing fleurs-de-lis. The bank title ST. MARY'S PAROCHIAL BANK arches across the top within a decorative scrollwork border, with the word BRITISH rendered in large bold letterpress across the centre. The denomination ONE appears in a rectangular panel at the lower left, with the promise text and JERSEY inscription completing the lower register, alongside the manuscript signature lines for the Procureurs du Bien Public and the Constable of St. Mary's. |
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| Obverse lettering | ST. MARY'S PAROCHIAL BANK BRITISH ONE I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND Value received by virtue of an Act of the said Parish JERSEY Procureurs du Bien Public Constable of St. Mary's |
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St. Mary's Parochial Bank was one of several Jersey parish banks that briefly issued their own notes in the early nineteenth century — a peculiarity of the island's constitutional status outside the United Kingdom, which placed it beyond the reach of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. These institutions were tiny, locally accountable, and short-lived. Most collapsed or were absorbed before mid-century.
Pick 326 is among the rarer survivals from this period. Documentation on St. Mary's specifically is thin, and dated examples are the primary means of establishing when the bank actually operated.