Catalog
5 Shillings Government Issue
| Issuer | Government of Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Pound Sterling (1838-1935) |
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| Obverse description | Purple on light green underprint, with a central portrait vignette of King George V facing left. The denomination is rendered in words below the royal portrait, framed within a formal typographic border. Issuing authority and legal tender declaration appear across the upper register, with the date and place of issue inscribed at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF ST. LUCIA These Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount. FIVE SHILLINGS Castries, 1st. October 1920 |
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Saint Lucia's only government-issued paper currency, this 5 Shillings note from 1920 was produced under the authority of the colonial administration rather than any chartered bank — an unusual arrangement for the British Caribbean, where private and later Crown Agents banking was the norm. De La Rue's involvement guaranteed technical quality, but the issue was never repeated; subsequent currency needs in the Windward Islands were met through regional banking arrangements rather than individual colonial emissions.
As Pick #1 with no successor series, surviving examples represent the entirety of Saint Lucia's standalone paper currency history.