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1 Shilling German Occupation
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress on a blue guilloche underprint. The Jersey arms vignette is positioned at the upper left, with the issuer title 'States of Jersey' in Gothic script across the top. A central promise-to-pay legend in cursive script is set against an elaborate blue underprint formed by two male figures, with the denomination numeral '1' and value '1/-' at right. The serial number appears twice and the Treasurer's facsimile signature with title occupies the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | States of Jersey Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the sum of One Shilling / ONE SHILLING / TREASURER OF THE STATES OF JERSEY |
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Jersey's wartime notes are among the very few examples of German-occupied British territory issuing currency under the occupier's authority while retaining explicitly local identity. The 1 Shilling was printed on the island itself under constrained wartime conditions — not shipped to a mainland printer — which accounts for the modest production quality relative to pre-war British colonial issues.
Blampied was a celebrated Jersey-born etcher and illustrator, not a banknote engraver by trade. His involvement gave the series an unusually artistic character for an emergency occupation issue. The German authorities approved the designs, a detail that makes the notes an odd artifact: locally conceived, enemy-sanctioned, British in denomination.