Issued in the Isle of Man’s Millennium year, 1979, the 50p and £1 notes in this pair are signed by Dawson with the special new title ‘Treasurer of the Isle of Man’. Queen Elizabeth II is on both notes. She oversaw the 1000th opening of their open-air parliament in that year. The back of the 50 pence note shows a Viking boat, whereas the £1 shows Tynwald Hill, the ancient seat of Manx Parliament (P34). Available individually or as a pair, both in Uncirculated condition.
In 1983 when these plastic £1 notes were issued by the Isle of Man, they were considered revolutionary. They were both the first and last £1 note printed on plastic in the British Isles (P38) The plastic was not the silky polymer we know today. It was printed on Tyvek and was short-lived being replaced 4 years later with a paper issue. Available in Unc.
Crisp Uncirculated examples of the £20 issued by the Isle of Man and signed by Shimmin as Chief Financial Officer.(P49) A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II appears on the front with a triskeles at the centre.The back features the famous Laxey Wheel, the largest surviving original waterwheel in the world, built in 1854 to pump water from the Glen Mooar part of the Great Laxey Mines. Crisp Uncirculated.
These Crisp Uncirculated £5 notes were issued by the Isle of Man with the signature of P Cashen (P41b) The front has a bareheaded portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. A view of Castle Rushen, a medieval castle situated in Castletown in the south of the island, appears on the back.
Crisp Uncirculated £5 notes from the Isle of Man. These feature a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the front and a view of Castle Rushen on the back (P48a) Chief Financial Officer is Malcolm Couch, Crisp Uncirculated.