5 Lire Sterline / Pounds

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.