Catalog
10 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of St. Helena |
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| Year | 2004-2012 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Government of St. Helena £10 Promise to pay bearer on demand the sum of TEN POUNDS £10 CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ £10 (Translation: Under the Auspices of the King and the Senate of England) |
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St. Helena issued its own sterling-denominated notes independently of the Bank of England, a quirk of its status as a British Overseas Territory rather than a Crown Dependency. The island's tiny population — under 5,000 throughout this period — meant print runs were correspondingly small, and these notes rarely left the island in circulation.
De La Rue has printed St. Helena's currency since the modern series began, a practical choice given the island's remoteness and lack of any local printing infrastructure. The P#12 series ran for nearly a decade before being superseded following St. Helena's gradual integration of updated security specifications.