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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Bible Christian Society |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-toned note with a fine geometric guilloche underprint across the central field. The issuer's name 'Bible Christian Society' is set in ornate gothic lettering at the top, beneath which 'JERSEY.' appears in roman capitals. A bold black panel at the upper right bears the word 'Five' in script. The body carries a manuscript-style promise-to-pay clause with 'Five Pounds' printed in large display script, along with spaces for handwritten date and payment venue entries. The lower margin bears manuscript signature lines for Ministers and Treasurer, with a printed note number at upper left. |
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| Reverse description | No second image provided; reverse details are not confirmed from available catalog sources. |
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The Bible Christian Society of Jersey issued a small number of private banknotes in the nineteenth century, operating within the particular legal latitude that Jersey's non-British constitutional status afforded local institutions. The Channel Islands were never subject to the Bank of England's successive monopoly legislation that choked off private note issuance across England and Wales — which is precisely why obscure issuing bodies could still put paper into local circulation long after equivalent institutions on the mainland had been wound up or absorbed.
Pick 126 is among the rarer Jersey private issues. The Society's circulation was narrow by any measure, and surviving examples are genuinely uncommon.