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10 Shillings Emergency issue, Series A
| Uitgever | Government of Gibraltar |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914 |
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| Waarde | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain cream note of typeset design, bearing the legend "The Government of Gibraltar" in bold blackletter type at centre, followed by the legal tender declaration in italic script, with the denomination "10/- (Diez Chelines.)" at upper left and the date "Gibraltar, 6th August, 1914" at upper centre. Serial number appears twice in the upper corners within Series A prefix, and the Colonial Treasurer's manuscript signature is placed to the right, above the printed title. A bona nota clause in small roman type occupies the lower margin. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Reverse is blank, without any printed design, lettering, or ornamentation. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Gibraltar's 1914 emergency currency came out of the same administrative scramble that hit British territories worldwide at the outbreak of war — the sudden hoarding and disappearance of coin from circulation forced colonial governments to produce paper substitutes almost overnight. The Gibraltar issue was authorized under emergency powers with minimal preparation time, which shows in the Series A designation: this was a first-run stopgap, not a planned addition to a mature currency system.
Surviving examples are genuinely rare. The wartime conditions under which these notes circulated — a busy naval garrison, constant troop movement, and no particular incentive to preserve low-denomination paper — were not kind to the physical material.