British North Borneo. British North Borneo Company. Dollar System. 1927-1938 Issues. 50 cents type 1938. Date: January 1st, 1938. Dimensions: 119 x 63 mm. Watermark: Unknown. Material: Paper. No security thread. Printer: Blades, East & Blades Bank Note Engravers, London. Front and back: polychrome printing predominantly green. Coat of arms at left. Red 6- or 7-digit s/n. Texts in English, Chinese and Javi. Signatures of Currency Commissioner William Anthony Casterton Smelt at left and Financial Controller Herbert James Rust Beckett at right. Description of the back: Texts in English, rosettes, guilloches patterns and value at center.