Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pound St. Brelade's Association Bank
| Issuer | St. Brelade's Association Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1859 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | JN#31 |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue ink on plain paper, the note bears the bank title in ornate script across the top, with the Jersey coat of arms — three lions passant within a wreathed shield — centred between duplicate serial numbers. Below, the promise-to-pay legend is set in a combination of copperplate script and letterpress, with the word denomination 'ONE POUND BRITISH' in bold capitals. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | John Bosdet and Geo. John Bosdet |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
St. Brelade's Association Bank was one of several short-lived parish banking ventures that emerged in Jersey during the mid-nineteenth century, operating largely outside the oversight that governed mainland British institutions. These association banks issued notes on little more than local trust and the personal credit of their principals — which is precisely why so few survived as going concerns past the 1860s.
The dual Bosdet signatures — John and Geo. John, almost certainly father and son — point to a family-run operation typical of Jersey's insular financial arrangements. JN#31 is among the rarer Jersey parish bank survivors; institutional collapse and deliberate destruction of paper records account for most of the attrition.