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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Malta |
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| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in intaglio at right, wearing a tiara and evening dress, with a central vignette of the George Cross set within an ornate guilloche framework. The note is printed in brown and green tones with fine lathe-work borders. A facsimile signature appears at lower centre with the designation 'FOR THE CURRENCY BOARD'. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic intaglio vignette of Mġarr harbour in Gozo occupies the full width of the note, with traditional Maltese luzzu fishing boats moored in the foreground and the domed silhouette of the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu rising above the hillside townscape in the background. The design is printed in monochrome green with a fine guilloche border frame. |
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Malta's 1963 series was issued under British colonial authority just one year before independence — the Government of Malta name on these notes reflects the transitional administrative language of the period rather than a fully sovereign issuing institution. Bradbury Wilkinson, long the preferred security printer for British colonial territories, produced the series from their New Malden works.
The 10 Shilling denomination was withdrawn relatively quickly after Malta adopted decimal currency in 1972, when the pound was replaced by the Maltese lira and the old shilling denominations became obsolete overnight.