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50 Pounds Emergency issue, Series A

Issuer Government of Gibraltar
Year 1914
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Value 50 Pounds
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Obverse description Plain cream paper note of typeset letterpress design, entirely text-based with no vignette or pictorial element. The heading 'Gibraltar, 6th August, 1914.' appears at top centre, with the denomination '£50 (Cincuenta Libras.)' at upper left, followed by the legal tender declaration text in serif type. The Colonial Treasurer's manuscript signature appears at lower right, above the title 'Colonial Treasurer', with a note of issue authority printed in smaller type at the foot.
Obverse lettering Gibraltar, 6th August, 1914. £ 50 (Cincuenta Libras.) The Government of Gibraltar hereby declares this Note to be of the value of FIFTY POUNDS and to be legal tender for that amount, and undertakes to redeem the said note in sterling money for the full face value at a date to be fixed hereafter by His Excellency the Governor. Colonial Treasurer. N.B. - This note is issued under the provisions of Ordinance 10 of 1914, and is secured by the said Ordinance on the assets and general Revenue of the Colony.
Reverse description Completely blank reverse, with no printed text, vignette, or decorative element of any kind.
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