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1 Shilling
| Uitgever | Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Government |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1942 |
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| Waarde | 1 Shilling (1/20) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain unadorned emergency issue on white paper, printed in black letterpress. The upper portion carries the colony's title across the top, beneath which the authorizing text appears in two registers flanking the central denomination legend ONE SHILLING in bold type, with the value expressed in figures as 1s. 0d. repeated at both lower corners. The date 1st January, 1942 is printed at the lower left, with two manuscript signatures above their respective printed titles — Acting Resident Commissioner and Treasurer — at the lower right. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Reverse entirely plain, printed on unadorned white paper with no design elements, vignettes, or text, consistent with the emergency wartime issue nature of this note. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony issued this note in 1942 under direct wartime necessity — Japanese forces had already occupied Tarawa and much of the Gilbert group, and the colonial administration was operating in drastically reduced circumstances from Funafuti in the Ellice Islands. Small-denomination emergency currency of this kind was produced to keep basic commerce functioning among a displaced civilian population and military personnel.
The P#1 designation confirms this is the first formal paper issue for the territory. Surviving examples are genuinely rare; the islands' equatorial humidity was punishing on paper, and wartime destruction accounts for much of the rest.