Catalog
10 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic landscape vignette of the Falkland Islands coastline and mountains rendered in warm ochre and green tones at right, with a group of Magellanic penguins depicted at lower left. Large white Pale Maiden flowers (Olsynium filifolium) occupy the left and upper portions of the design against a light guilloche background. The serial number appears at upper right, and the numeral 10 is printed in green at lower right, with the issuer name and motto DESIRE THE RIGHT along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS DESIRE THE RIGHT EAST FALKLAND ISLAND POOL HARBOUR 10 |
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The Falkland Islands pound has been pegged one-to-one with sterling since 1974, which makes this note functionally interchangeable with its Bank of England equivalent for islanders — though accepted nowhere on the mainland. De La Rue's polymer substrate here follows the same transition logic seen in the Eastern Caribbean and several Pacific territories: small, remote jurisdictions switching partly to reduce replacement frequency, since low-volume circulations mean individual notes take disproportionate wear.
P#21 is among the earliest polymer issues for the territory, placing it at a technically significant moment in the series.