Vorderseite: Wappen der maltesischen Zentralbank; Taube; Symbol der Vereinten Nationen (UNO); Allegorische Figur der Melita als Personifizierung Maltas und des maltesischen Volkes.
Rückseite: Zwei Soldaten nehmen die britische Flagge ab und hissen die maltesische; Premierminister Giorgio Borg Olivier (1911-1980) mit der Unabhängigkeitsurkunde in der rechten Hand; Marmortafel zum Gedenken an die Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit am 21. September 1964.

Front side: Coat of arms of the Central Bank of Malta; Dove; United Nations' symbol; Allegorical figure Melita, the personification of Malta and the Maltese people.
Back side: Two soldiers lowering the British flag and raising the Maltese one; Prime Minister Giorgio Borg Olivier (1911-1980) holding the Articles of Independence in his right hand; Marble tablet commemorating the independece of Malta on 21st September 1964.

B217a

Not dated. Law date 1967.
Signature of Anthony P. Galdes (as GVERNATUR). Head of Melita as watermark. Solid security thread. Two doves in flight as registration device. Two horizontal black 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both have an alphanumeric fractional prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

Remarks

Introduced on 18. September 1989. Withdrawn on 31. January 2008. Demonetized on 31. January 2018.

The bold text at the beginning of the description of every variety indicates those elements, which are necessary to identify the correct variety (if any) without any doubt. The date or the remark Not dated is always given.
[Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (P-44); Banknote Book (B217)]