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| Uitgever | British Caribbean Territories Currency Board |
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| Jaar | 1950-1951 |
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| Samenstelling | Cotton paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Right-side vignette bears an intaglio portrait of King George VI in three-quarter view within a fine guilloche oval border. To the left, a vignette of the Caribbean Sea region with a rolled navigational map and tropical palm foliage in the background. The heading reads 'THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES EASTERN GROUP' at top, with 'FIVE DOLLARS' in bold central lettering; the denomination '$5' appears at each upper corner and the date and serial number are printed in the left field below the title. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES EASTERN GROUP FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE CURRENCY BOARD MEMBER CHAIRMAN MEMBER THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT |
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The British Caribbean Territories Currency Board was created in 1950 to provide a unified currency for the Eastern Caribbean colonies following the dissolution of the British Caribbean Currency Board, which had previously served a broader group of territories including what would become British Guiana and British Honduras. This note belongs to the first series ever issued under the new board — a clean institutional break that gave the Eastern Caribbean islands a common monetary administration for the first time on their own terms.
Bradbury, Wilkinson's New Malden facility printed the bulk of British colonial currency in this period, and the quality is characteristically high. The 1950–51 date window is narrow; the series was replaced relatively quickly as political changes within the territories accelerated through the 1950s.