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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Falkland Islands pound (1974-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | TEN POUNDS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT 14 AUGUST 2025 COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY FIRST RECORDED MEETING OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS FROM JOHN STRONG IN HIS VESSEL THE WELFARE 1692 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS |
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| Protection type | Polymer substrate, Transparent window, Security thread |
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The Falkland Islands pound has been pegged one-to-one with sterling since 1974, which makes this note functionally interchangeable with its Bank of England equivalent for islanders — though accepted nowhere on the mainland. De La Rue's polymer substrate here follows the same transition logic seen in the Eastern Caribbean and several Pacific territories: small, remote jurisdictions switching partly to reduce replacement frequency, since low-volume circulations mean individual notes take disproportionate wear.
P#21 is among the earliest polymer issues for the territory, placing it at a technically significant moment in the series.