They were issued by the government and were initially released on 30 May 1941 and printed by Noronha and Company Limited[1] to provide small change because of a lack of coinage brought on by the Second World War.

This side was mostly in English, except for "Government of Hong Kong" which was also in Chinese.

After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the dollar was reestablished as the currency, a uniside brown note with a portrait of the British monarch, and no serial numbers were ever found on the notes.

People can find their notes' year of issue on web pages littered around the Internet.

All had the picture of Queen Elizabeth II on the front.