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5 Pounds - George V
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1921-1932 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1766-1970) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red on white paper and consists entirely of a large, finely engraved central guilloche vignette of oval form, composed of interlocking floral and foliate lathe-work radiating from a symmetrical rosette, surrounded by acanthus-scroll flourishes; no text or denomination appears on this side. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Falkland Islands Currency Ordinance of 1899 authorized local paper currency, but notes of this denomination weren't actually put into circulation until the 1920s — a high-value instrument for a colony whose economy ran almost entirely on wool exports from a handful of large sheep farms. The Falkland Islands Company dominated trade to such a degree that scrip and credit arrangements often substituted for cash, which partly explains why high-denomination government notes from this period surface so rarely today.
De La Rue printed on a dated contract basis, meaning the 1921–1932 span reflects sequential issue dates rather than a single print run. Surviving examples tend to show heavy fold stress along horizontal creases, consistent with storage in desk ledgers rather than active hand-to-hand use.