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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Malta |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 102 × 81 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 10s. 10. This Note is legal tender for all purposes up to the limit of £ 5 sterling Notes of this series BA are con- verible at sight at the Treasury into gold in amounts of not less than £ 1 sterling 10s. 10s. |
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| Protection description | Blind embossed seal of Malta impressed into the paper, visible on both faces of the note. |
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| Comments |
Malta's 1914 emergency currency was a direct consequence of the First World War's disruption to coin supplies across British colonial territories. The British government authorized local administrations to issue low-denomination paper notes to fill the gap left by hoarded or unavailable coinage — this 10 Shillings note is among the earliest surviving examples of Maltese government paper money.
The embossed seal was the sole anti-counterfeiting measure, a remarkably minimal specification even by 1914 colonial standards. Pick 3 is genuinely scarce; the small island population and limited print run, combined with wartime attrition, left few survivors in any grade.