Catalog
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
| Protection description | Queen Elizabeth II portrait; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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The 2011 series marked the first significant redesign of Falkland Islands banknotes in over a decade, issued by the Government — not a central bank — a structural peculiarity that reflects the territory's unusual constitutional position as a British Overseas Territory with its own currency pegged at par to sterling. De La Rue has printed every Falklands note since the first series, an unbroken relationship that predates the 1982 conflict.
The Falkland pound's parity with sterling is maintained by convention and local ordinance, not by a currency board mechanism — a distinction that matters if sterling ever wobbles significantly.