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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 37610, member: 1824&quot;]Pawjtr,the Maltese were assisted by the British in their revolt against the French (1798-1800).There had been a plan to hand Malta back to the Order of Malta,but the Maltese decided that Malta should become a part of the British Empire.As a result,the coinage of Great Britain became the official Maltese</p><p>currency.The Maltese did issue notes during the 19th Century,but these are inscribed in Italian,even</p><p>though they were denominated in Pounds Sterling.</p><p>I have got the 2/- note that was overprinted in 1940 on an unissued 1/- note of 1918,a 1 Pound note depicting King George VI &amp; the George Cross,</p><p>&amp; a 1 Pound note issued shortly after the decimal changeover in 1972.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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