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5 pounds: CM.1105-2009

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022) (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: States of Guernsey
Manufacturer: De la Rue

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Guernsey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009-10-12) by Museum collection boxes

Dating

Production date: AD 1996

Components of the work

Object composed of paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Bust of Elizabeth facing at right on foliate background, view of Town Church, St Peter Port, at left, seal between on radiate geometrical background, yacht at top left

  • Text: THE STATES OF GUERNSEY / PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER / ON DEMAND THE SUM OF / FIVE POUNDS // By Authority of the States
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Left to right, rose on stem, view of Fort Grey, view of top of Hanois lighthouse and lifeboat left above denomination

  • Text: THE STATES OF GUERNSEY
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.1105-2009
Primary reference Number: 176377
Bruce & Shafer: 56
Serial: C678896
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 August 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 8 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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