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20 Lira
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical figure personifying Malta stands in intaglio at right, rendered in classical robes and holding a staff, with the national Arms vignette at upper left. The denomination GĦOXRIN LIRA appears in large guilloche-underprinted letters at centre, flanked by decorative scrollwork and geometric rosette patterns. Serial numbers appear twice in red at left and right, with the Governor's signature and issuing authority inscription below centre. |
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| Reverse description | A portrait vignette of Giorgio Borg Olivier (1911–1980), Prime Minister of Malta at the time of independence, occupies the left-centre field, with a caption identifying him below. To the right, a framed text panel reproduces the Independence proclamation dated 21 September 1964, flanked by ornate guilloche scrollwork and stylised doves in flight. The denomination appears at lower left and upper right against a warm ochre and salmon multicolour underprint. |
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| Protection description | the Maltese cross visible in the unprinted oval field at left of obverse; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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