5 shillings · Government emergency notes · August 1914
1914 · Government of Malta
5 shillings in the Government emergency notes · August 1914. An emergency issue during the First World War. These notes were a temporary response to the disruption of currency supplies; they must not be confused with the later Currency Board series.
Technical specifications
- Front
- Royal Arms and map of the Maltese islands
- Dimensions
- 100 × 84 mm
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Back
- Unprinted
- Security features
- Embossed official seal of Malta
- Signatures
- Unknown / not verified
- Printer
- Government Printing Press
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
The museum timeline’s object entry gives legal-tender status on 14 August 1914, while its narrative dates the launch to 15 August. The year is secure; no exact day is selected here.
Dating and classification
The issue year is distinguished from any printed legislation date. Signature varieties are not separately catalogued.
Sources
Checked:
- Central Bank of Malta — First Fifty Years, currency chapter
- ATS Notes — Malta issue chronology (supplementary)
- Central Bank of Malta — banknote museum timeline
- Central Bank of Malta — archived history of Maltese bank and currency notes