£5 · Government pictorial series
1961 · Government of Malta
£5 in the Government pictorial series. The £5 denomination entered circulation on 2 June 1961; the 10-shilling and £1 denominations followed in 1963 in the same pictorial design family. This Government of Malta series is distinct from the similarly designed, recoloured Central Bank first series.
Technical specifications
- Front
- Elizabeth II, Annigoni portrait, and the George Cross
- Dimensions
- 145 × 82 mm
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Back
- Grand Harbour
- Security features
- Unknown / not verified
- Signatures
- Unknown / not verified
- Printer
- Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd
- 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
- Central Bank of Malta — banknote museum timeline
- Central Bank of Malta — archived history of Maltese bank and currency notes