Paper pound of Bank of England, Guernsey (London), 1934 - 1939. 2003.17.1

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2003.17.1

Physical Description

  • Axis: 0
  • Color: Green
  • SerialNumber: B 56 A 465767

  • Watermark

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper Money
  • Date Range: 1934 - 1939

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1941-09-18
  • Denomination: pound
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: Bank of England / Promise to pay the Bearer / on Demand the sum of / One Pound / London / For the Gov: and Comp: a of the / BANK of ENGLAND / [signature] K. O. Peppiatt / Chief Cashier
    • Type: seated Britannia upper left / denomination '1' upper right / 4 lines of text ctr. w. watermark below / denomination 'ONE' lower left / signature lower right

  • Reverse

    • Type: bldg. top w. watermark below, flanked on both sides w. image of soldier on horse killing winged lizard within scroll design

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2003.17.1
  • Department: Modern
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Guernsey Overprints

Notes

  • unthreaded / Note: During WW II German occupation of Guernsey, 5000 pieces of #363 were withdrawn and replaced with new small change notes. Before the notes were turned over to the occupation forces, local officials had them overprinted on face and back, quickly ending any further redeemability. / more notes from book 'English Paper Money' - Vincent Duggleby in 2003 folder.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined