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5 Shillings - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1939-1958 |
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| Currency | Pound (1822-1969) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on a cream ground, the obverse carries an oval intaglio portrait of King George VI in military uniform at left, set within an intricate guilloche border. The central field is dominated by a large denomination numeral "5/-" vignette within a rosette guilloche, flanked by the signature of the Chairman of the Commissioners of Currency and a handwritten issue date. The issuer's title "GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA" arches across the top, with the legal tender clause and denomination "FIVE SHILLINGS" in bold letterpress below, the printer's imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London appearing at the foot. |
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| Variants | P#37a - 02.01.1939 - 15.06.1950 / 02.01.1939 P#37b - 01.03.1953 - 15.08.1958 |
| Comments |
Jamaica's P#37 spans nearly two decades of political transition — the note was issued continuously from the late colonial period through the federation debates of the 1950s, yet the design remained frozen around a monarch who died in 1952. Notes dated after February that year carry George VI's name on a dead king's authority, an administrative lag that was never unusual in Crown Colony currency but is worth noting when dating individual specimens.
De La Rue's watermarked paper was the primary security measure throughout the run. No significant printing varieties have been firmly attributed to this series, though the long issue window makes date-specific hoarding patterns likely.