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1 Pound Jersey Bank - George Syvret
| Issuer | Jersey Bank |
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| Year | 1815 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse lettering | Jersey Bank Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND £ONE Jersey the 4th day of April 1815 payable at W. Math. Gallichan & Co. George Syvret |
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| Protection type | Wax seal |
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The Jersey Bank was one of several private parish and merchant banks operating on the island in the early nineteenth century, at a time when Jersey had no central issuing authority and individual traders could — and did — print their own notes. George Syvret, who signed this note, was a St. Helier merchant; the bank operated under his name rather than as a chartered institution, making this as much a personal promissory instrument as a banknote in the modern sense.
The wax seal in place of a watermark or printed security device reflects how rudimentary local anti-counterfeiting measures remained. Hamon's engraving work was done on-island, which accounts for the modest execution relative to contemporary London-printed issues.