Lm20 · Central Bank 5th series
1989 · Central Bank of Malta
Melita holds a rudder on the common front design. The reverse gives this denomination its own identity within a family sharing the Melita front. A 1994 revision kept the principal designs while changing security features; those notes are recorded here as a family enhancement rather than additional base denominations. Giorgio Borg Olivier and independence appears on the back. The original brown format measures 145 × 76 mm.
Central Bank of Malta · CBM acknowledged-source reproduction permission · Sources
Central Bank of Malta · CBM acknowledged-source reproduction permission · Sources
Technical specifications
- Dimensions
- Unknown / not verified
- Front
- Melita holding a rudder
- Back
- Giorgio Borg Olivier and independence
- Printer
- Unknown / not verified
- Security features
- Watermark and embedded thread; 1994 enhancement has a windowed thread and revised serial-number style.
- Signatures
- Unknown / not verified
- Withdrawal date
- 2008-01-31
- First issue date
- 1989-09-18
- Colour
- Brown
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
Nominal dimensions are unresolved. The archived fifth-series issuer page gives 145 × 76 mm; the current timeline says the fifth series was similar in size to the fourth, whose corresponding note is 159 × 76 mm. The repeated 145 mm widths may be page transcription errors. Neither figure is treated here as a verified fifth-series nominal measurement.
Dating and classification
Issue year; the printed Act date is not necessarily the issue date.
Sources
Checked:
- European Central Bank — Maltese lira exchange archive
- Central Bank of Malta — Maltese lira archive (legacy official frontend)
- Central Bank of Malta — banknote museum timeline
- Central Bank of Malta — archived history of Maltese bank and currency notes
- Central Bank of Malta — archived fifth-series showcase and enhanced versions