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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of St. Helena |
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| Year | 2004-2012 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Government of St. Helena £20 Promise to pay bearer on demand the sum of TWENTY POUNDS £20 CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ £20 (Translation: Under the Auspices of the King and the Senate of England) |
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St. Helena's decision to issue its own banknotes under the Government of St. Helena — rather than through a formal banking authority — reflects the island's unusual constitutional position as a British Overseas Territory without a chartered commercial bank issuing currency. De La Rue has printed the territory's notes throughout the modern series, a practical arrangement given the island's population of under five thousand and the logistical impracticality of maintaining any domestic printing capacity.
The P#13 series ran nearly a decade without revision, which is itself notable for a denomination this high on an island where most daily transactions ran far below the £20 threshold.