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5 Dollars Decoration in top left
| Issuer | British North Borneo Company |
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| Year | 1890-1926 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black print on green underprint. The coat of arms of the British North Borneo Chartered Company is centered at the upper portion of the note, flanked by the bank name. The middle section carries the denomination and promissory legal tender text, with the Treasurer's signature and printer's imprint at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red. A large central guilloche medallion bears the word FIVE in bold lettering across the horizontal axis, flanked on each side by circular guilloche rosettes enclosing the numeral 5. The issuer's name THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY is arranged in an arc around the upper and lower portions of the central medallion. |
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The British North Borneo Chartered Company was one of the last privately administered colonial territories, governing what is now Sabah under royal charter from 1881 until the Japanese invasion of 1941. Its currency issues were the company's own — not Crown instruments — which made their legal standing occasionally awkward in practice.
Blades, East & Blades were primarily known as a London commercial printer and stationer rather than a specialist security press, an unusual choice for a currency contract that ran across nearly four decades.