Catalog
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1975-1986 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter view occupies the right-centre field, rendered in intaglio, with the Rock of Gibraltar vignette to the upper left. The Gibraltar coat of arms appears at the lower centre, below the denomination TEN POUNDS in large letterpress. Serial number and date are printed to the left and right fields respectively, with the issuer inscription GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR across the top and legal tender clause flanking the upper corners. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Gibraltar's currency has always been a political statement as much as a financial instrument. Britain retained full control of the territory's note issue through this period, and these notes were produced by De La Rue under direct Crown authority — not through any local banking intermediary. The series ran across more than a decade and three signature variants, with Creswell signing only the 1975 issue before Blanshard took over for both the 1978 and 1986 dates.
The 1986 date coincides with Spain's renewed diplomatic pressure over sovereignty, the same year Spain entered the EEC — a development that complicated Gibraltar's own trading relationship with Europe for years afterward.