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5 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Government of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | JAMAICA FIVE SHILLINGS FIVE SHILLING 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 THOS. DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDON |
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| Reverse lettering | 5s FIVE SHILLINGS 5s FIVE SHILLINGS |
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Jamaica's Treasury notes of this type were authorized under wartime emergency powers, a direct response to the hoarding of coin that gripped the Caribbean colonies after 1914. Small silver disappeared from circulation almost immediately — soldiers needed metal, and islanders knew it. Paper substitutes at fractional denominations were the Colonial Office's solution, pushed through quickly and without much appetite for elaborate design.
De La Rue produced the series in London under conditions already strained by wartime print demands. P#28 is among the scarcer denominations from this issue, as five-shilling notes turned over rapidly in everyday trade and few survived intact.