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1 Pound Channel Islands Bank
| Issuer | Channel Islands Bank (Jersey) |
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| Year | 1858-1898 |
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| Reference(s) | JN#96 |
| Obverse description | Two heraldic vignettes occupy the upper register: the coat of arms of Jersey at upper left and the coat of arms of the United Kingdom at upper right. The central body carries a letterpress promise-to-pay inscription with manuscript spaces reserved for date and signatory entries. The denomination ONE POUND is stated within the text body and repeated at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHANNEL ISLANDS Bank. JERSEY_ 18_ We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND British Sterling Value received. Ent.d_ For Horman, Anthoine, Athier, LeGros & Co. ONE |
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The Channel Islands Bank was a short-lived private institution — it failed in 1886, which immediately raises the question of what became of any notes still in circulation or held in reserve at the time of collapse. Notes issued under this series span four decades, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, whose steel-engraved work was the dominant choice for colonial and private bank issues throughout the Victorian period.
Jersey's private banking sector was notably fragile in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the Channel Islands Bank's failure was part of a broader contraction that ultimately pushed the island toward institutionally safer issuers. Notes from the later portion of this run are considerably scarcer than early examples.