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50 Dollars Blue and red
| Issuer | Government of British Honduras |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Size | 180 × 82 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bicolour note printed in blue and red with black serial numbers. The colonial coat of arms of British Honduras is positioned at the top centre, flanked by ornate guilloche underprint work. The text of the promise to pay is set in letterpress across the face of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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British Honduras issued paper currency under direct government authority rather than through a chartered bank — unusual for a British colony of its size at the time. The 1895 series, of which P#12 is the highest denomination, was printed by De La Rue under what were likely very small press runs; a $50 note in a colony with limited commercial activity and a predominantly laboring economy would have circulated almost exclusively among merchants, plantation operators, and crown officials.
Surviving examples are genuinely rare. High-denomination colonial issues of this period were rarely saved — they were used, redeemed, and destroyed.