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2 Dollars - George VI Brown
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1939-1942 |
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| Size | 156 x 68 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TWO DOLLARS For the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH HONDURAS BELIZE, 2nd OCTOBER, 1939. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $2 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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| Reverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS |
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British Honduras in 1939 was a Crown Colony administered from Belmopan — and the timing of this issue matters. The 1939–1942 date range straddles the outbreak of the Second World War, which disrupted colonial currency supply chains considerably. Bradbury Wilkinson, operating out of New Malden, maintained contracts with dozens of colonial governments through the war years, but shipping finished notes to Central America carried real risk.
P#21 is the brown-tinted George VI issue, distinguishing it from the earlier George V notes and the postwar redesigns. The brown coloration was a deliberate security measure — each denomination in the series used a distinct base color to prevent substitution fraud in low-literacy circulation environments.