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10 Shillings Government Issue
| Issuer | Government of Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Green on blue underprint. A central portrait vignette presents the effigy of King George V facing left. The text block below identifies the issuing authority and denomination, with the date of issue inscribed as 1st October 1920 at Castries. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF ST. LUCIA These Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount. TEN SHILLINGS Castries, 1st. October 1920 |
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Saint Lucia's 1920 government currency issues — this 10 Shillings among them — were produced under the Colonial Treasury system, at a point when the island had no formal banking authority of its own capable of issuing notes. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for the vast majority of British Caribbean colonial issues of this period.
Pick 2 is genuinely scarce. The small population of Saint Lucia meant issue quantities were low, and surviving examples in any condition are rarely encountered at auction.