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1 Pound St. Mary's Parochial Bank
| Issuer | St. Mary's Parochial Bank |
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| Year | 1850-1859 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on pale blue-grey paper, the note carries a central vignette of St. Mary's Church, Jersey, rendered in fine line engraving against an open landscape. Heraldic shields — the arms of Jersey — are positioned at the upper left and upper right flanking the vignette, with the bank title arched above in ornate lettering. The denomination ONE appears in large bold letterpress at the lower centre, with the promise-to-pay text interwoven across the face in copperplate script; the note is uniface. |
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| Obverse lettering | ST. MARY'S PAROCHIAL BANK 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 a handful of small Irish parochial institutions that issued their own notes during the mid-nineteenth century, operating at the margins of a banking system still consolidating after the Famine. These were intensely local instruments — issued against parish-level trust rather than substantial capital reserves — and their survival rate is correspondingly poor. Most circulated within a tight geographic radius and were redeemed or destroyed without ceremony.
Pick S326 sits in the Irish provincial private bank section, which itself is sparsely documented. Firm details on this issuer's precise location, capitalization, and cessation date remain elusive in the standard references.