Catalogus
| Uitgever | Government of Malta |
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| Jaar | 1914 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | P#8 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Brown note with dark brown letterpress text throughout. The center of the note is dominated by an embossed official seal of Malta, with the full legal tender ordinance text occupying the central field. A serial number appears to the left side. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Embossed official seal of Malta applied at center of note |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
Malta's 1914 Pound notes were issued under British colonial authority at the outbreak of the First World War, when the disruption of normal banking channels created an acute shortage of circulating currency across the island. The Government of Malta stepped in directly — bypassing the commercial banking system — to issue these emergency treasury notes, which is why the issuer is the colonial government rather than a chartered bank.
The embossed seal was the primary — and essentially only — security measure, a minimal safeguard that reflects both the urgency of production and the limited counterfeiting risk the authorities anticipated in a small, closely administered island colony.