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| Issuer | Purity Dairy |
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| Size | 50 x 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Turquoise paper ticket printed in black letterpress. A large decorative initial 'P' occupies the left margin, with bold serif lettering reading 'ONE QUART / JERSEY MILK / PURITY DAIRY' across the face. A serial number appears vertically along the right stub edge. |
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| Reverse description | Turquoise paper reverse printed in black letterpress with a central vignette of a milk bottle viewed from above, bearing the printer's name within. Instructions to the right direct the holder to place the ticket in the neck of the bottle. |
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Milk tokens printed on coloured paper were the dominant form of doorstep dairy accounting in the British Isles well into the 1970s, with individual dairies commissioning small print runs from local trade printers. Wright Litho. Co. Ltd. operated out of Jersey and handled a significant share of the island's commercial print work, making this a locally produced token rather than an import from a mainland security printer.
Jersey's dairy industry operated under separate regulatory frameworks from the UK, which kept Channel Island milk tokens outside the scope of British currency legislation entirely.