Catalog
1 Dollar
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1924-1928 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on white paper with an intricate guilloche underprint throughout. The colonial coat of arms of British Honduras is centrally placed at the top, flanked by the issuer title in bold serif lettering; the denomination ONE DOLLAR appears in a central cartouche with numeral guards at each corner. Red serial numbers are printed in the upper corners, and two manuscript signatures of the Commissioners of Currency appear at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Blue intaglio print with an all-over guilloche pattern composed of fine lathe-work geometric designs and stylized floral motifs filling the entire field, with the issuer name inscribed across the centre. |
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British Honduras maintained a dollar-based currency system separate from the broader Caribbean sterling zone, and these notes issued by the colonial government rather than a chartered bank reflect that administrative peculiarity. De La Rue held the printing contract for British Honduras through much of the early twentieth century, producing notes that circulated in an economy overwhelmingly dependent on the mahogany trade and, increasingly, chicle exports to American chewing gum manufacturers.
P#14 spans a four-year window that straddles a period of significant labor unrest in the colony, much of it driven by returning veterans of the First World War who had been promised improved conditions that never materialized.