5 Pounds Rockhopper penguin

5 Pounds (Rockhopper penguin) - obverse5 Pounds (Rockhopper penguin) - reverse

Obverse © Coinman48 (CC0)

Features

Location Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territories)
Issuing entity Jason Islands
Type Paper exonumia › Fantasy banknote
Year 1978
Value 5 Pounds (5 FKP)
Currency Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 December 1979
Number
N#
259088

Obverse

£5 in all four corners, with the picture of Len Hill on the right and the Rockhopper penguin on the left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
£5
JASON ISLANDS
LEN HILL
ADMINISTRATOR
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
FIVE POUNDS
6H 4485

Reverse

Denomination in all four corners, picture of Jason islands with floral details, expiration date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
£5
FIVE POUNDS
JASON ISLANDS
VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979

Comments

The Jason Islands are an archipelago in the Falkland Islands. Part purchased by Leonard Hill in 1970 as a penguin sanctuary, after his death the islands were purchased by Michael and Judy Steinhardt, who donated them to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The other islands in the group are Nature Reserves owned by the Falkland Islands Government.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1978)  $ 3.30

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