Catalog
1 Cent - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1954 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold numeral '1' occupies the central field, framed by an open wreath of laurel branches tied at the base and spreading symmetrically to either side. The country name BRITISH HONDURAS arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by raised dots, while the denomination ONE CENT and the date 1954 appear along the lower arc, also punctuated by raised dots. A toothed border encircles the entire design. |
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British Honduras had been pegged to the British West Indies dollar since 1949, and by 1954 the colonial currency structure was already showing the strains that would eventually push the territory toward its own independent dollar in 1973. This cent was struck at the Royal Mint in the same year Elizabeth II's effigy began replacing her father's across the full range of colonial bronze issues — a wholesale re-tooling of dies across dozens of dependent territories simultaneously.