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1 Pound Herm Island coupon
| Issuer | Herm Island Administration |
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| Year | 1956-1958 |
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| Currency | Pound (1808-1971) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the reverse carries four thematic vignettes arranged around a central circular guilloche medallion bearing the Herm Island coat of arms: St Tugual's Chapel interior at upper left, a coastal holiday scene with bathers at upper right, cattle grazing for Agriculture at lower left, and a potter at a workbench for Industry at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Herm Island, a private island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey with a permanent population rarely exceeding fifty, issued these pound coupons under the administration of tenant Peter Wood, who leased the island from the States of Guernsey. They functioned as an internal scrip rather than a true circulating currency — usable only within the island's single shop and hotel — and had no legal tender status anywhere, including Guernsey itself.
The watermark is a curiosity for an issue of this scale and obscurity. Few private island scrips of the period bothered with any security feature at all.