10 Shillings - George V

The Falkland Islands Government issued this note under the Currency Ordinance of 1899, though the physical notes in this series weren't produced until the early 1920s. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for the overwhelming majority of British colonial currency issues of the period — a near-monopoly relationship that gave the islands' notes the same technical quality as far larger territories despite the colony's tiny population and remote position in the South Atlantic.

M. C. Craigie-Halkett served as Commissioner of Currency during a period when the Falklands' economy ran almost entirely on wool. Surviving examples are rare — circulation numbers were extremely low, and the colony's damp climate was hard on paper currency.