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10 Shillings
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1925-1930 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black ink on white paper, the obverse is enclosed within an intricate guilloche border with ornamental corner devices each bearing the denomination numeral '10/-'. The issuer's title 'THE STATES OF GUERNSEY' is set in bold letterpress at the top, above a central scrollwork vignette, with dual serial numbers flanking the date line and the promise-to-pay clause rendered in copperplate script below. Two manuscript signatures appear beneath the denomination 'TEN SHILLINGS', with the Perkins Bacon & Co. Ltd. imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE STATES OF GUERNSEY Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand TEN SHILLINGS value received By Authority of the States GUERNSEY TREASURER |
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Perkins, Bacon & Co. had deep experience printing colonial and dominion currency by the 1920s, and Guernsey's interwar notes benefited from that pedigree. The firm's intaglio work gave these issues a tactile quality that local printing could not have matched, and Guernsey's authorities were evidently satisfied — Perkins, Bacon handled successive issues for the island across this period.
The States of Guernsey had the right to issue its own notes independently of the UK clearing system, a function of its status as a Crown Dependency rather than a constituent part of the United Kingdom. The 10 Shilling denomination in particular filled a practical gap in everyday island commerce during the late 1920s.