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1 Pound Thomas De La Rue
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the Market Square scene of St. Peter Port as it appeared in 1822 is rendered in underprint at lower centre, with the Guernsey States seal positioned at lower left. The note was issued to commemorate Thomas De La Rue, the Guernsey-born founder of the renowned security printing house. The principal legends appear in both upper and lower registers within a classical guilloche border. |
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| Reverse description | An underprint vignette of Fountain Street, St. Peter Port as it appeared in 1799 occupies the lower portion of the note, evoking the historical townscape of Guernsey in the late eighteenth century. A portrait of Thomas De La Rue is placed at centre right, honouring the printer's Guernsey origins. Commemorative inscriptions referencing his birth and death years frame the central design. |
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Guernsey's last paper pound before the island moved to polymer for smaller denominations. The 2013 date places this note in the final years of De La Rue's long relationship with the Bailiwick — a contract stretching back decades through multiple series redesigns. It's a relatively short-run issue by comparison with its predecessors, and examples that actually circulated show wear quickly given the note's modest dimensions relative to how frequently a pound changes hands in everyday transactions.
De La Rue's London facility handled both printing and security feature integration, including the windowed security thread specific to this series.