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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Grand Casemates Square
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter view occupies the right half of the note, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint in pink and lilac tones. To the left, the Arms of Gibraltar vignette appears above a lower left panel with the denomination numeral £10 and a cannon motif. The date 10th September 2002 and a facsimile signature of the Financial and Development Secretary are printed beneath the central text TEN POUNDS STERLING. |
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| Reverse lettering | Government of Gibraltar £10 Ten Pounds STERLING TEN POUNDS |
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Gibraltar's 2002 series was the first significant redesign of the territory's banknotes in over a decade, issued under a new Currency Notes Act and reflecting Gibraltar's push to modernize its notes while maintaining the peg to sterling at par. De La Rue's involvement was continuous throughout the territory's modern note-issuing history, and the 2002 issue continued that relationship without interruption.
Grand Casemates Square had functioned as a public execution ground and military parade ground before its conversion into Gibraltar's main commercial plaza — a layered history the note makes no effort to explain.