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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of St. Helena |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Large intaglio vignette of Jonathan the Aldabra giant tortoise at centre-right, rendered in fine line engraving against a guilloche underprint. A hibiscus flower vignette appears at lower left, with the St. Helena shield at right within a transparent polymer window. Denomination numeral 20 fills the left field as a large latent watermark element. |
| Reverse lettering | ST. HELENA GOVERNMENT Twenty Pounds 20 |
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St. Helena's polymer series represents a significant upgrading of the island's currency infrastructure — the island had relied on cotton-paper notes for decades before the switch. This 20 Pounds note, dated 2026, is among the most recent issues from one of the world's smallest and most geographically isolated currency jurisdictions, with a resident population under 5,000.
The Government of St. Helena issues its own pound sterling-pegged notes independently of the UK, though British pounds circulate alongside them. St. Helena pounds are not accepted outside the island, making returning travelers the primary source of specimens entering the collector market.