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5 Shillings Government Issue
| Issuer | Government of Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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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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| 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. |
| Reverse lettering | Statio Haud Malefida Carinis (Translation: [Latin motto] 'A safe anchorage for ships') |
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