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5 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Government of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in red and olive-green on a fine guilloche underprint. The Jamaican Arms appears within a circular vignette at upper left, while a right-facing portrait of King George V is set within a beaded circular frame at upper right. The denomination '5/-' appears in ornate cartouches at lower left and lower right, with 'FIVE SHILLINGS' in bold letterpress across the centre band. The Island Treasurer's manuscript signature appears at lower centre, above the printer's imprint 'THOS. DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDON'. |
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| Variants | P#28a - one serial # at upper center P#28b - serial # at upper right and lower left |
| Comments |
Jamaica's Treasury notes of this type were authorized under wartime emergency powers, a direct response to the hoarding of coin that gripped the Caribbean colonies after 1914. Small silver disappeared from circulation almost immediately — soldiers needed metal, and islanders knew it. Paper substitutes at fractional denominations were the Colonial Office's solution, pushed through quickly and without much appetite for elaborate design.
De La Rue produced the series in London under conditions already strained by wartime print demands. P#28 is among the scarcer denominations from this issue, as five-shilling notes turned over rapidly in everyday trade and few survived intact.