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1 Pound Bible Christian Church
| Issuer | Bible Christian Church, Jersey |
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| Year | 1872-1874 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ROYAL CRESCENT JERSEY I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND BRITISH STERLING VALUE RECEIVED UNDER THE GUARANTEE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ABOVE CHURCH ONE POUND PAYABLE AT TREASURER |
| Reverse description | Blank, no printed design or lettering on the reverse. |
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The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist splinter denomination founded in Devon in 1815, and its Jersey congregation — never large — issued these notes during the early 1870s as a form of congregation-backed credit. Whether these functioned as genuine circulating promissory notes or as internal financial instruments for church members is not entirely settled. Jersey's long history of private and parish note issuance made such instruments legally ambiguous but practically tolerated.
Survival is extremely poor. A religious community of this size would have produced limited quantities, and redemption or destruction of remaining stock was the norm once the issuing body wound down its financial activities.