1 Cent Swallow-Tailed Kite, Silver

Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, and this silver issue spans exactly that transitional window — struck while the territory was still officially British Honduras in administrative memory, yet already operating under the name Belize adopted in 1973. The Franklin Mint produced much of Belize's early coinage during this period under collector-oriented contracts, which accounts for the silver variant existing alongside a circulation cupro-nickel counterpart that most Belizeans actually handled.