Catalog
10 Shillings - George VI Purple
| Issuer | Government of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1953-1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms within a circular vignette at top centre, flanked symmetrically by two large ornate guilloche rosettes each bearing the denomination '10/-'. A broad arch of fine guilloche underprint spans the lower half of the note, with 'TEN SHILLINGS' inscribed in bold letterpress panels at the lower left and right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Jamaica's Government-issued shilling notes of this period occupied an awkward constitutional position — the colony had gained internal self-government by degrees through the early 1950s, yet the Currency Law still vested note-issuing authority in the Governor rather than any locally accountable body. These notes circulated alongside British West Indies dollars in the lead-up to the short-lived West Indies Federation, which formally launched in 1958, the same year this series was withdrawn.
De La Rue held a near-monopoly on British colonial note production across this era, and the Jamaican shilling issues show it — the plate work is competent but economical, produced to a colonial house style rather than a bespoke commission.