Please note original mintages were low at 30-65,000. These nickel brass coins were sent to and paid out in the hot steamy climes of British Honduras and rapidly degraded with original surfaces quickly lost. So there you have it. It took nearly 7 years to get these in uncirculated. The MS grades as follows: 1942 - 63 1943 - 62 1944 - 64 1945 - 65
