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2 Shillings and 6 Pence
| Issuer | Government of the Leeward Islands |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 2 Shillings and 6 Pence (0.125) |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS 2/6 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE 2/6 These Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount. Antigua 1st January 1921 Commissioners of Currency |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue on plain paper. The colonial coat of arms of the Leeward Islands occupies the centre, rendered as a detailed heraldic shield surmounted by a crown and pineapple crest, with scrollwork supporters on either side. Denomination numerals '2/6' appear in ornate guilloche cartouches at left and right. |
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The Leeward Islands currency board arrangement was perpetually awkward — the federation covered Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands, each with its own administrative identity but sharing a single note issue. A 2 Shillings and 6 Pence denomination suggests emergency or gap-filling intent; this fractional value sat uncomfortably between coin and note territory, and such low-denomination paper was typically issued only when coin supply failed to meet demand in remote island economies.
De La Rue's involvement guarantees a competent security print, but catalogued examples of this specific issue are rare enough that a Pick number has never been formally assigned.