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5 Cents - Edward VII
| Issuer | British Honduras (1862-1973) |
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| Year | 1907-1909 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral 5 is displayed prominently in the centre of the field, with the word CENTS inscribed beneath it, all enclosed within an inner beaded circle. The colonial issuer's name is rendered in two parts around the periphery: BRITISH arching across the top and HONDURAS curving along the bottom, both separated from the central device by the toothed outer rim. Two small decorative floral ornaments flank the beaded circle at the left and right sides of the field. |
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British Honduras operated under a fixed exchange rate pegged to the U.S. dollar from 1894 onward, which shaped the colony's coinage denominations more than any metropolitan preference. The five-cent piece sat at a practical sweet spot for market transactions in Belize Town, where it circulated alongside U.S. silver with minimal friction.
KM#14 spans only the final three years of Edward VII's reign. His death in May 1910 closed the type abruptly.