5 Dollars

Issuer	British Caribbean Territories Currency Board
Year	1953-1964
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Currency	British West Indies dollar (1935-1965)
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Obverse description	At right, an intaglio portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara, rendered in fine engraved detail. To the left, a central vignette shows a panoramic scene of the Caribbean Sea with a scroll map and tropical landscape in the background, executed in letterpress underprint. The heading reads THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES / EASTERN GROUP, with the denomination FIVE DOLLARS centred, and the legal tender clause printed along the lower margin.
Obverse lettering	THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES EASTERN GROUP FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE CURRENCY BOARD MEMBER CHAIRMAN MEMBER THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT $5
Reverse description	The reverse is printed entirely in teal-green intaglio and features four heraldic coats of arms arranged in the corners, representing Barbados (top centre), Windward Islands (top right), British Guiana (bottom left), and Trinidad and Tobago (bottom right), each with its territorial name inscribed below. A central guilloche medallion occupies the middle of the note, flanked by the denomination $5 on either side. The legend THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES arches across the centre, with EASTERN GROUP along the lower border.
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