British Colonial? What About British Honduras 1911 One Cent - Excellent Portrait!!

7Jaguars

Here is a pleasant coin of a date I rather like, and now well over 100 years old. I can't imagine life in this far-flung colony at the time. Also, the remarkable care put by the Royal Mint into the engraving (well, at least on the obverse) of a relatively low value coin:

Looks like polish - but is not - on the king and actual coin is RED-BROWN in color

SaorAlba

Interesting trivia on British Honduras - the British really didn't want a colony there, but the locals didn't want to become part of Honduras or Guatemala - both of which have claims on now Belizean territory. When it was given independence in 1981 Britain continued a small military presence to deter any possible violations of Belize's borders.

Another cool numismatic fact, Belize economizes its coinage so that they are still using QEII young head coins with modern dates to save money from having to update the design. I occasionally come across some of these coins in coin rolls or coin machine reject slots.

7Jaguars

I think that is some of the intrigue in the series - here is a steamy tropical country with not a lot of resources outside of timber and beaches, and somewhat forgotten. Coins were sent there and those that entered circulation fared badly. Some of the 1940s dated cents and 5 cents coins are extremely rare in mint state conditions - making them rather a challenge to say the least...
A similar country is British Guiana (Guyana)...