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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of St. Helena |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Composition | Polymer |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King Charles III in intaglio at right, wearing military dress uniform. Transparent polymer window at left incorporates the St. Helena shield arms. Two facsimile signatures of Currency Commissioners appear below the guilloche underprint, with the promise text at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ST. HELENA GOVERNMENT £20 I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWENTY POUNDS Twenty Pounds CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS |
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St. Helena's polymer series represents a significant upgrading of the island's currency infrastructure — the island had relied on cotton-paper notes for decades before the switch. This 20 Pounds note, dated 2026, is among the most recent issues from one of the world's smallest and most geographically isolated currency jurisdictions, with a resident population under 5,000.
The Government of St. Helena issues its own pound sterling-pegged notes independently of the UK, though British pounds circulate alongside them. St. Helena pounds are not accepted outside the island, making returning travelers the primary source of specimens entering the collector market.