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1 Pound Guernsey Banking Company Limited
| Issuer | Guernsey Banking Company Limited |
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| Year | 1903-1909 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with a fine guilloche border frame. At upper left, the Guernsey coat of arms; at upper right, a seated classical female figure vignette. A central harbour scene vignette shows sailing vessels and the Guernsey coastline. The denomination ONE POUND is rendered in bold letterpress across the centre, flanked by matching serial numbers, with the date and place of issue printed below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | No reverse image provided; the reverse composition for this issue is not described in available catalog sources. |
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The Guernsey Banking Company Limited was one of several competing private banks operating on the island in the early twentieth century, all issuing their own notes under the looser regulatory framework that Guernsey's semi-autonomous status permitted. Perkins, Bacon & Petch — the London security printers responsible for many of the world's early postage stamps, including the Penny Black — handled the printing, lending these notes the same anti-forgery intaglio techniques developed for philatelic work.
The bank itself was absorbed into the larger Guernsey consolidation that eventually left Lloyds and Barclays dominant on the island, ending all private note issue there.