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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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| Value | 1 Pound |
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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 |
| Reverse description | Blank, without any printed design or lettering. |
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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.