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5 Cents - George VI With 'King and Emperor', Nickel-Brass
| Issuer | British Honduras (1862-1973) |
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| Year | 1942-1947 |
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| Value | 5 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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British Honduras shifted from nickel to nickel-brass for this denomination during World War II, a direct consequence of wartime nickel rationing as the metal was redirected toward Allied munitions and armaments production. The same material substitution occurred across multiple British colonial issues simultaneously in the early 1940s, making KM#22a essentially a war-economy coin.
The "Emperor" component of the royal title was dropped from British coinage following Indian independence in 1947, which neatly brackets the end of this type's production run.