Gibraltar. 5 Pounds 1988 Elizabeth II P-21b Last Date for Type PMG 66 EPQ

Gibraltar 5-pound note, issued by the Government of Gibraltar on July 1, 1988, Pick 21b, noted by catalogs as the last date of this type before the design change. Certified by PMG with a grade of 66 EPQ, exceptional paper quality, uncirculated and encapsulated in its sealed holder.

Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, with the Rock of Gibraltar at an angle and the territory's coat of arms. Reverse: The Convent, the official residence of the Governor of Gibraltar since the 18th century, a former Franciscan convent converted after the British capture of the Rock.

As the last date issued with this design, before Gibraltar renewed the iconography of its banknotes in the 1990s, this specimen marks the end of an era in Gibraltar's notaphily and is valued by collectors seeking to complete the series by closing dates of a type.