£1 · Currency Board · George VI
1951 · Government of Malta
£1 in the Currency Board · George VI. The first permanent Currency Board emission began on 8 May 1951 under the 1949 ordinance. A portrait of George VI and the George Cross identify this family. It precedes both the Elizabeth II redesign and Central Bank issues.
Technical specifications
- Front
- George VI and George Cross
- Dimensions
- Unknown / not verified
- Colour
- Brown
- Back
- White shield within a foliage motif
- Security features
- Unknown / not verified
- Signatures
- Unknown / not verified
- Printer
- Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
The timeline prints 104 × 84 mm for this note. This is not adopted as a nominal size because the width may be a transcription error; no 140 mm correction is guessed.
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
- Central Bank of Malta — banknote museum timeline
- Central Bank of Malta — archived history of Maltese bank and currency notes