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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Belize |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers. At centre-right, a portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara faces front-left, flanked by a vignette of corals and fish at centre. The coat of arms of Belize appears at upper left, with a carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau at upper right. A see-through register element in the form of a queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is positioned at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Monetary Authority of Belize ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF ORDINANCE NO.9 OF 1976 ONE DOLLAR LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT BELIZE, 1st JUNE 1980 LARGEST BARRIER REEF IN THE AMERICAS CHAIRMAN MANAGING DIRECTOR DIRECTOR SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO $1 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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Belize had only gained independence from Britain in September 1981, meaning this 1980 note was issued while the country was still British Honduras in constitutional terms — or, more precisely, during the transitional period when the Monetary Authority had already been established but full independence had not yet been proclaimed. De La Rue printed the series in London, which was the standard arrangement for newly independent or soon-to-be-independent Caribbean territories that lacked domestic printing infrastructure.
P#38 is the first dollar issue under the Monetary Authority designation, predating the Central Bank of Belize, which assumed monetary functions in 1982.