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1 Pound
| Issuer | Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1783-1969) |
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| Obverse description | Orange on yellow underprint with an elaborate guilloche border and ornamental corner devices framing the entire note. A circular royal arms vignette is centered at the top, flanked by the issuer title in letterpress script; the denomination ONE POUND appears in large letters within a central guilloche panel, with £1 numerals to either side. The date 12th November 1918 is handwritten at lower left, with two manuscript signatures of the Directors of Currency at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands PROMISES TO PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE POUND FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS DIRECTORS OF CURRENCY |
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The Turks and Caicos Islands had no central bank in 1918 — the colonial government issued notes directly, which was itself unusual enough. This pound note emerged during the First World War, a period when coin shortages across the British Caribbean forced several small territories to print emergency paper currency. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of Britain's colonial monetary paperwork during that period.
Pick 4 is scarce. The islands' population was tiny, the notes circulated hard, and surviving examples in any decent state are rarely offered.