Catalog
5 Dollars Decoration in top left
| Issuer | British North Borneo Company |
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| Year | 1890-1926 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1882-1941) |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 5 1st January 1940 THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER This note is legal tender for FIVE DOLLARS in the State of North Borneo FIVE DOLLARS TREASURER Blades, East & Blades Ltd. Bank Note Engravers, London. |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red. A large central guilloche medallion bears the word FIVE in bold lettering across the horizontal axis, flanked on each side by circular guilloche rosettes enclosing the numeral 5. The issuer's name THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY is arranged in an arc around the upper and lower portions of the central medallion. |
| Reverse lettering | THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY 5 FIVE 5 |
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