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1 Pound L. 1949
| Issuer | Government of Malta |
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| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF MALTA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ONE POUND IN MALTA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AND IS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE CURRENCY NOTES ORDINANCE 1949 FOR THE CURRENCY BOARD |
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| Reverse lettering | THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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Malta's 1949 Currency Note Ordinance provided the legal basis for this series, replacing wartime-era notes that had circulated under severe supply constraints. The island was still formally a British Crown Colony in 1951, and the note's authority derived from colonial statute rather than any local central banking institution — there was no Central Bank of Malta until 1968.
De La Rue's involvement was long-standing in Malta; the relationship predates this issue by decades and continued well past independence in 1964.