Jersey new note family (B127a – B131a) confirmed

B127 (P32): 1 pound (US$1.30)

Green. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; Monument to Freedom in Liberation Square, Saint Helier; three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; Le Hocq Tower in Saint Clement; La Hougue Bie Neolithic burial mound; outline map of Jersey. Windowed security thread. Watermark: Jersey cow head, electrotype 1, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 130 x 65 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 6: Black. Prefix AD – HD. Intro: 29.04.2010.

B128 (P33): 5 pounds (US$6.55)

Blue. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; 16th century National Trust property, Le Rât Cottage, in Saint Lawrence; three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; Archirondel Tower; Les Augrès Manor, home of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; outline map of Jersey. Windowed security thread. Watermark: Jersey cow head, electrotype 5, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 135 x 70 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 6: Black. Prefix AD. Intro: 29.04.2010.

B129 (P34): 10 pounds (US$13)

Burnt sienna. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; holographic patch; Hermitage of Elizabeth Castle in Saint Aubin’s Bay; three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; Seymour Tower in Grouville Bay; Rene Lalique’s glass sculptures in Saint Matthew’s Church of Saint Lawrence; outline map of Jersey. Windowed security thread. Watermark: Jersey cow head, electrotype 10, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 145 x 75 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 6: Black. Prefix AD – CD. Intro: 29.04.2010.

B130 (P35): 20 pounds (US$26)

Violet. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; holographic patch; exterior view of The States (parliament building); three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; La Rocco Tower (originally known as Gordon’s Tower) in Saint Jean; interior view of The States chamber; outline map of Jersey. Windowed security thread. Watermark: Jersey cow head, electrotype 20, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 150 x 80 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 6: Black. Prefix AD, BD. Intro: 29.04.2010.

B131 (P36): 50 pounds (US$66)

Cherry red. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; holographic patch; Mont Orgueil Castle; three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; Ouaisné Tower; houses on the island of La Marmotière in Les Écréhous; outline map of Jersey. Windowed security thread. Watermark: Jersey cow head, electrotype 50, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 155 x 85 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 6: Black. Prefix AD. Intro: 29.04.2010.

All of these notes have also been confirmed as specimens with diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; s/n AD 000000, as below.

Courtesy of Dieter Eheim.

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