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5 Lire Sterline / Pounds
| Issuer | Banco Anglo Maltese |
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| Year | 1825-1899 |
| Type | Non-issued banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on white paper; the note is shown in mirror image (verso visible through paper). Upper-left vignette shows Saint George slaying the dragon within a shield cartouche. The face carries letterpress text in Italian including the bank name, denomination, and signature lines for President, Directors, and Cashier, with manuscript date and serial number spaces left blank. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco Anglo Maltese. 5£ A Vista pagheremo al Latore LIRE CINQUE STERLINE. No____ Malta____ 18____ No____ Per il Banco Anglo Maltese. £5lv Presidente Direttori Caſsiere |
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The Banco Anglo Maltese operated as a private commercial bank in Malta during British colonial administration, and notes of this type circulated alongside British sterling in a denomination that reflects the island's dual monetary nomenclature — "Lire Sterline" being the Italian rendering of Pounds Sterling for a Maltese population still largely conducting commerce in Italian.
The bank never achieved the standing of the government-backed issues, and its notes carried counterparty risk that made hoarding them less common than outright spending or rapid redemption. Surviving examples from the earlier decades of this range are genuinely uncommon.