1 Pound - Elizabeth II

The Isle of Man Government began issuing its own distinctive pound notes in 1961 following the decimalization preparations that would eventually reshape Sterling-area currencies. This 1979 issue came shortly after the Island moved to assert greater administrative independence in currency matters, though it maintained parity with the pound sterling throughout. Bradbury Wilkinson, by this point in their history, had decades of Crown dependency and colonial currency work behind them and handled the Isle of Man account with the same intaglio-heavy approach they applied to most British isles series.

Watermark security was still the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — no metallic strip on this issue.