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2 Dollars - George VI Brown

Features

Location BelizeBritish Honduras (1862-1973)
Issuing institution Board of Commissioners of Currency
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1939-1942
Value 2 Dollars
Currency Dollar (1885-1973)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 68 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
276169
References P# 21
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, TBB# 120
Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Series: 1939 series

Obverse

Brown print; multicolour underprint; red serial numbers.

Front-facing bust of George VI at right. Coat of arms of British Honduras at left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE GOVERNMENT OF
BRITISH HONDURAS
THESE NOTES AR LEGAL TENDER FOR THE
PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
TWO DOLLARS
For the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH HONDURAS
BELIZE, 2nd OCTOBER, 1939.
COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY
$2
SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO

Translation: I flourish in the shade.

Reverse

Brown print.

Geometrical pattern.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE GOVERNMENT
OF
BRITISH HONDURAS

Signatures

William A. Johnston (WAJ) Commissioner of Currency
Arthur Norman Wolffsohn (ANW) Commissioner of Currency
Henry Ignatius Melhado (HIM) Commissioner of Currency
Roland Evelyn Turnbul (RET) Commissioner of Currency

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1939-Oct-02  WAJ, ANW, HIM P# 21a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1939-Oct-02  P# 21s
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Specimen
1942-Apr-15  ANW, HIM, RET P# 21b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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