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5 Lire Sterline / Pounds
| Issuer | Banco di Malta |
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| Year | 1812 |
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| Currency | Pound Sterling (1825-1972) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on grey paper with a guilloche scroll border along the left edge bearing the vertical legend "BANCO DI MALTA". A small intaglio vignette at upper left shows a standing figure of Saint Paul beside flames, set within an ornate oval frame. Script text fills the face with blank lines for manuscript date and signatures of the Presidente, Direttori, and Cassiere. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted plain paper reverse showing full bleed-through of the obverse letterpress impression in mirror image, with the guilloche scroll border visible at right and the bold "Cinque" denomination panel clearly legible in reverse. |
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| Protection description | Ornate frame watermark; within the frame the text "CINQUE / BANCO DI MALTA" |
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