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1 Pound Masonic Temple Company, Ltd.

1 Pound (Masonic Temple Company, Ltd.) - obverse

Obverse © Jerseycoins

Features

Issuer Jersey (British Crown dependencies)
Issuing bank Masonic Temple Company
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Local banknotes
Year 1876
Value 1 Pound
Currency Pound (1813-1971)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
396530
References JN# 168
Antony L. T. McCammon; 1993. Currencies Of The Anglo-Norman Isles (Jersey): Catalogue of the coins, banknotes, tokens, medals, checks, of The Channel Islands, together with notes, additions, corrections, supplement to Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles 1984. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Series: Private Banks

Obverse

To the left is an illustration of the Masonic Temple, located in St. Helier. To the right, the emblem of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Jersey.

Lettering:
No. 133
MASONIC TEMPLE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Jersey, 20th August 1866

We Promise to pay the Bearer
on the 1st January 1876 ONE POUND British Pound
Value received. BY AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.

One Pound. }Trustees
Payable on Demand by

Reverse

Blank.

Comments

This note was issued by the Freemasons providing what is effectively a ten-year loan in order to fund the construction of the Masonic Temple. 

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1876-Jan-01  Signed by trustees.

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