Catalog
10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress on cream underprint, with an elaborate guilloche border enclosing the central text panel; the denomination '10/-' appears at left and right flanking the bold inscription 'TEN SHILLINGS' at centre. The heading 'THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS' runs across the top, below which a crowned royal arms vignette occupies the upper centre, followed by the promise clause 'PROMISES TO PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF'. Signature lines for Directors of Currency and a date line appear in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is covered by an overall geometric guilloche underprint in pale blue, composed of repeating interlocking angular motifs across the full surface as a security background. At left, the inscriptions 'TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS' and '10 SHILLINGS' are printed in blue, with ruled lines provided for Date, Directors of Currency, and Withdrawn from Circulation completing the panel. |
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The Turks and Caicos Islands were under direct British Colonial Office administration in 1903, having been annexed to the Bahamas in 1874 and then transferred to the Jamaica colony in 1900. This note was issued just three years into that Jamaican administrative arrangement — an awkward jurisdictional moment that the colonial treasury apparently resolved by commissioning De La Rue independently rather than routing through Kingston.
P#2 is scarce. The islands' tiny population and limited commercial activity meant small print runs, and the humid Caribbean climate has not been kind to survivors.