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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1953-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red intaglio print on a multicolour guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers. A front-facing portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Diamond Diadem is positioned at right, while the Coat of Arms of British Honduras occupies the left portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH HONDURAS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE DOLLARS For the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH HONDURAS BELIZE, 1st JANUARY, 1973. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $5 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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British Honduras occupied an awkward constitutional position for most of this note's issue life — a Crown Colony that Britain had quietly decided to phase out, while Guatemala continued pressing a territorial claim that dated to an 1859 boundary treaty dispute. The colony became Belize in 1981, but these notes predate that transition by nearly a decade at the latest point of issue.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the entire series from their New Malden works, a firm that handled a significant share of British colonial currency during this period. The twenty-year date range on P#30 reflects successive printings with updated signatures rather than design changes — at least three different Monetary Authority signatories appear across the run.