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6 Pence German Occupation, Blue paper
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | STATES OF GUERNSEY PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND SIX PENCE VALUE RECEIVED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATES |
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| Reverse lettering | S·BALLIVIE·INSULE·DE·GERNERYE |
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Guernsey's wartime notes were produced entirely under German occupation authority, but issued in the name of the States of Guernsey — a deliberate administrative fiction that allowed the occupiers to avoid the legal and diplomatic complications of issuing currency directly. The blue paper used for this denomination was not a design choice but a practical one: the island's printer, the Guernsey Press Co., worked with whatever stock was available as the occupation dragged on and supply chains tightened.
The 6 Pence denomination (Pick 24) is among the more commonly encountered of the occupation issues, though paper fragility means genuinely sound examples are harder to find than mintage alone would suggest.