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1 Pound Town Vingtaine of St. Helier
| Issuer | Town Vingtaine of St. Helier |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette engraved in intaglio presenting a harbour view of St. Helier with sailing vessels in the foreground and the town with fort on the hillside beyond. Numeral "1" appears in ornate rosette cornerpieces at upper left and right, with a further denomination cartouche reading "ONE" at lower left. The issuer title "Town Vingtaine of St. Helier" is printed in red Gothic lettering across the top, and "British Sterling" in matching red script at the foot. The promise-to-pay text, date, and signatures occupy the lower half of the face against a fine guilloche underprint, with serial number printed in red at left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | TOWN VINGTAINE OF ST. HELIER / We Promise to pay the Bearer on the 31st December, 1902 ONE POUND out of the Revenue of the said Vingtaine. Jersey, 1st October, 1880. / PAYABLE ON DEMAND BY / BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF THE / BRITISH STERLING. / ONE |
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The Town Vingtaine of St. Helier was a parish subdivision body, not a bank — its authority to issue notes was grounded in Jersey's unusual constitutional position outside the United Kingdom banking acts that governed note issue in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Perkins, Bacon & Co. printed the plate, the same London firm responsible for early postage stamps and colonial currency across the Empire.
Whether this note ever circulated meaningfully is doubtful. Parish-level issues in Jersey were occasional, often tied to specific local financial pressures, and redemption was typically swift. Survivors are scarce.