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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II George Augustus Eliott
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1995-2006 |
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| Size | 142 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in intaglio at right, with fine guilloche underprint in peach and blue tones across the centre. The Gibraltar coat of arms — a castle above a key, with the motto MONTIS INSIGNIA CALPE — appears at left within a gold-bordered shield, alongside the denomination TEN POUNDS STERLING in large ornate lettering. A vignette of a historical cannon occupies the lower centre, the issuer title GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR is inscribed at top in Gothic script, and a circular optically variable security device is present at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Government of Gibraltar CURRENCY NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER IN GIBRALTAR FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TEN Pounds STERLING UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CURRENCY NOTES ORDINANCE FINANCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY MONTIS INSIGNIA CALPE £10 |
| Reverse description | An octagonal intaglio vignette at right presents a portrait bust of General Eliott in 18th-century military dress uniform, captioned GENERAL ELIOTT with a £10 banner below. To the left, a large historical battle scene vignette illustrates episodes from the Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779–83, rendered in fine line engraving with reddish-brown tones, accompanied by the inscription THE GREAT SIEGE, 1779-83. The issuer name GOVERNMENT of GIBRALTAR and denomination TEN POUNDS STERLING appear in the lower left, set against an intricate multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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