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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of Belize |
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| Year | 1974-1976 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ONE DOLLAR For the GOVERNMENT of BELIZE BELIZE, 1st JANUARY, 1976. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $1 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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| Variants | P#33a - 01.01.1974 P#33b - 01.06.1975 P#33c - 01.01.1976 |
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Belize gained independence as British Honduras until 1973, when it was renamed — this note is among the earliest issues under the new country name, a transitional series that retained the Bradbury Wilkinson plates and design conventions familiar from the British Honduras period. The continuity was deliberate: the colonial printing relationship with BW&Co carried over intact, and the security thread and watermark specifications changed little from the predecessor issues.
Pick 33 is the short-lived precursor to the longer Dollar Currency Board series. Superseded relatively quickly as Belize moved toward the Central Bank Act of 1982.