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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Government |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse lettering | GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY No This note represents a charge upon the funds of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Government in the sum of TEN SHILLINGS 10s. 0d. 1st January, 1942. Acting Resident Commissioner. Treasurer. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, printed on unadorned cream paper with no design elements, vignettes, or printed text. A faint embossed circular seal impression is discernible at centre-right, bleeding through from the obverse. The surface shows the characteristic creasing and aging of a wartime emergency issue. |
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| Protection description | Circular embossed dry seal of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony impressed into the paper at left of centre on the obverse. |
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