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5 Pounds
| Issuer | States of Jersey |
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| Year | 1976-1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter view to the right, rendered in intaglio, occupies the right portion of the note. The Jersey Arms vignette — three gold lions passant on red — is centred, set against a fine guilloche underprint in rose and brown tones. The denomination 'Five pounds' appears in large letterpress text at centre-left, flanked by pound-sign medallions at the lower corners. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette after George Woolfe fills the central panel, presenting a coastal scene of Elizabeth Castle, St. Helier, with sailing vessels and figures in the foreground shallows at low tide. A large blank oval guilloche medallion occupies the right side, intended for the watermark area, while a denomination roundel appears at upper left. The overall colour is a warm brown-purple on a light ground. |
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Jersey's currency operates entirely outside the UK's monetary system — the island issues its own notes under its own authority, with no Bank of England involvement. This series ran across more than a decade, spanning the tail end of the pre-decimal adjustment period and well into the Thatcher years, during which Channel Island finance grew considerably more sophisticated than its note designs might suggest.
De La Rue printed the full series; the dual signature requirement — both Treasurer of the States and a countersignatory — reflects Jersey's unusually direct political control over its currency apparatus, without a central bank intermediary of any kind.