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| Issuer | British Honduras (1862-1973) |
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| Year | 1906-1907 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BRITISH HONDURAS 50 CENTS · 1906 · |
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British Honduras issued silver coinage through the Royal Mint in London during this period, and the 50 cent denomination was the largest in the colony's circulating series. Production volumes were extremely modest — the colony's small population and limited commercial economy meant demand for high-value silver rarely justified large orders from the Treasury.
Edward VII's reign produced just two years of this type before his death in 1910 prompted a new obverse portrait, making the 1906–1907 window a short-lived transitional run within an already low-mintage colonial series.