5 Dollars - George VI Purple

€276,170.00
IssuerBritish Honduras (1862-1973)
Year1939-1942
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Dollars (5 BZD)
CurrencyDollar (1885-date)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 68 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#22
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, Roland Evelyn Turnbul,
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Obverse letteringTHE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS THESE NOTES AR LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE DOLLARS For the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH HONDURAS BELIZE, 15th APRIL, 1942. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $5 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO
(Translation: I flourish in the shade.)
Reverse letteringTHE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS
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Catalog ID9936757180
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