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10 Shillings - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Size | 145 x 89 mm |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is occupied by a large central guilloche medallion of elaborate De La Rue engine-turned work, rendered in brown on an unprinted cream ground. The medallion takes an oval form filled with interlocking lobed and foliate patterns radiating from a central rosette, surrounded by acanthus scrollwork, floral rosettes, and ornamental corner flourishes. No inscriptions or lettering appear on the reverse. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper |
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The 1960 Falkland Islands 10 Shillings was issued under the authority of the colonial government at a time when the territory's economy revolved almost entirely around the Falkland Islands Company — a single firm controlling most of the land, shipping, and retail trade. De La Rue printed the entire series, as they had for the islands since the nineteenth century, giving continuity across successive reigns.
Pick 7 is scarce in circulated grades partly because the islands' population never exceeded a few thousand, keeping total print runs correspondingly small. The watermark is the sole security feature — no metal strip, no fluorescent inks, nothing more complex than the paper itself.