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5 Shillings Government Issue
| Issuer | Government of Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
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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 |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse centres on a circular guilloche medallion enclosing the island's heraldic badge vignette: the twin volcanic peaks of Gros Piton and Petit Piton rising from a foreground harbour with four sailing vessels at anchor. The rising sun appears to the right of the peaks; the Royal Ensign flies from the left pier and the Red Ensign from the right. The Latin motto of Saint Lucia is inscribed below the central vignette. |
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