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5 Pounds - George VI
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1766-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing profile portrait of King George VI set within an ornate intaglio-engraved cartouche surmounted by a royal crown, flanked by foliate and scrollwork ornaments, at left. Centre carries the bold red intaglio title "THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS" above the legal tender clause, a red denomination panel inscribed "FIVE POUNDS" with the "£5" cypher at right, the date "20th February 1951", and the manuscript signature of the Commissioner of Currency. Serial number printed in black at upper right and lower left within a pale green guilloche underprint border. |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is occupied by a large, centrally placed rose-salmon intaglio guilloche vignette of elliptical form, composed of interlocking lathe-work rosettes and foliate scrollwork radiating from a central geometric knot pattern, surrounded by acanthus leaves and floral ornaments, all printed on an unprinted white paper ground. |
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The Falklands pound has been pegged to sterling at par since the islands began issuing their own notes, and this 1951 issue reflects that dependency in more than monetary terms — De La Rue produced the entire series under Crown Agents supervision, with the design closely following the template applied to other British colonial dependencies of the period. What distinguishes the Falklands issues from the broader colonial catalogue is the extremely limited population served: the islands had fewer than two thousand inhabitants in 1951, so print runs were correspondingly small and genuine circulation wear is uncommon.
P#6 is the last of the George VI colonial issues before the queen's accession necessitated a new series.