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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in grey and red on white paper, with the coat of arms of British Honduras set within a vignette at top centre. The issuer title 'The Government of British Honduras' arches across the upper field in red letterpress, flanked by elaborate guilloche border work. The central denomination panel reads 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' in bold white letters on a dark intaglio cartouche, with numeral '100' counters at each side. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Government of British Honduras PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY 100 |
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British Honduras in 1895 was a Crown Colony with a modest timber and chicle economy — issuing a 100 Dollar note at that scale required serious justification. High-denomination government notes of this period in the region were almost entirely instruments of interbank settlement and government account transfers, not retail commerce. The colonial dollar was pegged to the Mexican silver dollar and subject to considerable volatility in the 1890s as silver depreciated internationally.
De La Rue's involvement is no surprise — they held a near-monopoly on British colonial currency printing by this period. The TBB#112 designation places this among the earliest documented issues for the territory. Surviving examples are exceptionally rare; the combination of low print run, high face value, and the likely destruction of unredeemed notes means most known specimens come from archival or proof sources rather than circulation.