Product Description
SCWPM.#5 - TBB.#B301a - Date: ND (1979)Grade: Unc - Signature 2 - Prefix: V/1
Description: Colour: Purple. - Front: Three sailing ships in Jamestown harbor; Queen Elizabeth II. - Back: Coat of arms of the East India Company with lions, flags, shield, and Latin text on banner; St. Helena crest with sailing ship.
- Solid security thread. - Watermark: None. - Printer: Unknown. - Size: 142 x 59 mm. - Material: Paper.
General information: 1976-1985 Issues
In 1976, the currency board of the Government of Saint Helena began issuing 1- and 5-pound notes, followed by 50-pence and 10-pound notes in 1979.
Saint Helena is a tropical island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 km east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 km west of the southern coast of Africa. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,[3] which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255
