Catalog
2 Shillings 6 Pence - George V
| Issuer | Government of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | P#27 |
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| Obverse lettering | JAMAICA TWO SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE CURRENCY NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF LAW 27 OF 1904 & LAW 17 OF 1918 ISLAND TREASURER |
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Jamaica's 2s/6d notes of this period were emergency fractional currency, issued because the First World War had disrupted the supply of silver coin to the colonies. The Colonial Office authorized these small-denomination paper issues across several Caribbean territories simultaneously — a coordinated response to a coinage shortage that showed no sign of resolving itself mid-war.
De La Rue's production for Jamaica in this format is relatively scarce in surviving collections, likely because low-denomination notes of this size were heavily used and discarded rather than retained.