10 Shillings - George VI

Issuer	Government of the Falkland Islands
Year	1938
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Currency	Pound sterling (1766-1970)
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Obverse description	Intaglio-printed vignette of King George VI in left profile, set within an ornate oval frame surmounted by a crown and flanked by foliate scrollwork, positioned at left. The central legend reads THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS above the legal tender clause, with the denomination TEN SHILLINGS rendered in a decorative panel at centre-right alongside the numeral 10s in an octagonal cartouche. A guilloche underprint covers the field, and the date 19th May 1938 appears at lower right above the inscription FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, with the Commissioner of Currency signature below centre.
Obverse lettering	THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS These Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount TEN SHILLINGS 10s Commissioner of Currency 19th May 1938 FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS TNOS. DE LA RUE & CO LTD LONDON
Reverse description	The reverse is printed in a warm ochre-brown tone and consists entirely of an elaborate engine-turned guilloche design, with a large central oval medallion composed of interlocking lathe-work rosettes and foliate arabesques. Acanthus scrollwork and stylised floral motifs radiate outward to the corners, filling the entire field in a symmetrical, ornamental pattern with no text or pictorial vignette.
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