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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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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Green and red note with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire face. The heading THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS is printed across the upper centre, with the legal tender clause below; the denomination £5 / FIVE POUNDS appears in a bold intaglio panel at centre-left. To the right, an ornate cartouche surmounted by a royal crown contains a right-facing portrait bust of King George V. The date and the manuscript signature of the Commissioner of Currency are inscribed at lower centre, with serial numbers in red at upper left and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS These Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount. £5 FIVE POUNDS For the Government of the Falkland Islands Commissioner of Currency |
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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.