| توضیحات روی اسکناس |
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. |
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| توضیحات پشت اسکناس |
Completely blank reverse, with no printed text, vignette, or decorative element of any kind. |
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| نوع ویژگی امنیتی |
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Gibraltar's wartime emergency issues of 1914 were authorized under emergency powers almost immediately after the outbreak of hostilities, as the disruption to shipping and banking channels created an acute shortage of currency on the Rock. The British government's preoccupation with the European theater left colonial administrations to improvise locally, and Gibraltar was among the first Crown territories to respond with a paper issue rather than wait for London to act.
At the £50 denomination, actual circulation was always limited — this was a high-value instrument in a small garrison economy. Surviving examples are genuinely uncommon.