2 shillings 6 pence · Government wartime notes · 1939 ordinance
1940 · Government of Malta
2 shillings 6 pence in the Government wartime notes · 1939 ordinance. Issued under the ordinance of 13 September 1939, with the principal denominations entering use in 1940. The legal date printed on a note is not necessarily its circulation date. This entry does not resolve subsequent signature or colour revisions.
Technical specifications
- Front
- George VI in profile, facing left
- Dimensions
- 135 × 75 mm
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Back
- Unprinted
- Security features
- Unknown / not verified
- Signatures
- Unknown / not verified
- Printer
- Unknown / not verified
- First issue date
- 1940-01-01
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
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