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5 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of the Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 1908-1916 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1766-1970) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | All-over geometric guilloche watermark pattern worked into the paper, visible across the entire surface of the note. |
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P#A1A is among the earliest documented paper currency for the Falklands, issued by the colonial government rather than a commercial bank — an arrangement common to small British territories where local banking infrastructure simply didn't exist. De La Rue's involvement is unsurprising; they held a near-monopoly on British colonial note contracts during this period.
The watermark is the sole security feature, which reflects both the isolation of the islands and the extremely limited volume of notes in circulation at any given time. Counterfeiting was never a realistic threat in a community this small.