Jersey Banknotes 10 Pounds banknote 2010 Queen Elizabeth II
TEN POUND - DIX LIVRES - DGIÊX LOUIS
Obverse: A mature portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II adapted from an official portrait taken at Sandringham House. The Queen is wearing The Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia's Tiara. This tiara was inherited by the Grand Duchess's daughter, the Grand Duchess Helen who subsequently married Prince Nicholas of Greece. Queen Mary bought the tiara from Princess Nicholas in 1921. The tiara has fifteen pearl drops but Princess Mary had fifteen emeralds mounted in such a way that they are interchangeable with the pearls. In this illustration, Her Majesty is wearing the tiara with the pearl drops.
The Burnt Sienna £10 note has the Hermitage at Elizabeth Castle on the front. This medieval chapel was built over the site where St Helier lived and died in the sixth century.
The reverse of the note shows the unique Lalique glass sculptures in St Matthew’s church, St Lawrence and Seymour Tower offshore in Grouville Bay.
Watermark: Jersey cow, ‘10’ which appears as a highlight against the watermark.
See-Through Feature: map of Jersey.
Jersey Banknotes - Jersey paper money
2010
The designs for Jersey’s new set of bank notes highlight some of the best known examples of the island’s architecture, history and culture. The front of the notes features the traditional hand engraved intaglio portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, based on a photographic portrait by Mark Lawrence, with the words States of Jersey and the crest beneath. The central vignettes on both the front and reverse feature important Jersey landmarks.The reverse of each note carries the denominational value in numbers, in French and in Jersey’s language, Jèrrias, as well as the words États de Jersey and the twelve parish crests. The notes also feature hand engraved images of various Jersey Round Towers: these defensive towers were built around the coast between 1780 and 1800 to protect the island from invasion. Once protecting the shores of the island from attack in the Napoleonic wars, these towers are now monuments to a time gone by and are among the first landmarks encountered by visitors to the island.
The Hermitage stands on the rock where the patron saint of Jersey lived and died. Saint Helier was sent to Jersey as a missionary in 545 A.D. He lived a hermit’s lifestyle during his fifteen years on the island but soon converted many of the Jersey population to Christianity. An annual pilgrimage continues to take place to the important heritage site of The Hermitage.
This medieval chapel was built in the twelfth century, the walls are made of granite rubble and the roof is made from flat stones set into mortar. The inside was plastered and when it was restored in the 1930s a small area in the southwest of the building was said to contain traces of a fresco.
Originally the rock was separated from the rest of Elizabeth Castle by the sea but a breakwater was built in the late nineteenth century and the two were joined.
The Lalique glass sculptures at St Matthews Church are one of a kind and were the result of a 1935 commission by Lady Trent in memory of her late husband. The famous French glassmaker René Lalique collaborated with the Jersey architect A.B. Grayson to create this special sanctuary for worship. This is one of the best examples in the world of the art nouveau style of the 1920s and 1930s.
Seymour Tower stands in the Royal Bay of Grouville, on L’Avarison islet, about two miles offshore, and is accessible on foot at low tide. During the Napoleonic Wars, the tower was described as commanding the entrance into the bay. It was part of the Island’s round tower programme, although because of an earlier structure on the site and the shape of the islet, it had to be built square. It was in sight of east-coast sentries placed on the road from Mont Orgueil. The tower’s guard was issued with 12 lbs of candles every month to communicate with the other towers and the castle by lighting one every half hour.
The British government took over the upkeep of Seymour Tower from the States of Jersey in 1797. It was then armed with two 12-pounder guns, gradually increasing to two 24-pounders and then two of 32lb, and a gun carriage. The States bought it back for £120 in 1923.