2 Dollars - George VI Purple

€276,175.00
IssuerBritish Honduras (1862-1973)
Year1947-1952
TypeStandard banknote
Value2 Dollars (2 BZD)
CurrencyDollar (1885-date)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 68 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterThomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#25
Obverse descriptionPurple print; multicolour underprint; red serial numbers.  Front-facing bust of George VI at right. Coat of arms of British Honduras at left.
Reverse descriptionPurple print; multicolour underprint.  Geometrical pattern.
Signature(s)Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, Henry Ignatius Melhado, Frederick Charles Peoley Bowen, Evelyn Denison Hone, Samuel A. Stone,
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Obverse letteringTHE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS THESE NOTES AR LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TWO DOLLARS For the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH HONDURAS BELIZE, 30th JANUARY, 1947. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $2 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO
(Translation: I flourish in the shade.)
Reverse letteringTHE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS
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Catalog ID8760165920
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