Green print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara facing front-left, at centre-right. Corals and fish at centre. Modified coat of arms of Belize at upper-left corner. Carved jade head of god Kinich Ahau at upper-right corner. Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) see-through feature at right.
Reverse description
Green print; multicolour underprint. National Assembly building in Belmopan, Belize at centre. Common iguana (Iguana iguana) at lower left, jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) facing left, at right.
Signature(s)
Robert Clifton Swift, Edmund Andrew Marshalleck, Edgar Gegg, Henry Edney Conrad Cain, Arsenio Burgos, Alan Slusher,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Carved head of the `Sleeping giant`.
Obverse lettering
Central Bank of Belize
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT, 1982
ONE DOLLAR
LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT
IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT
BELIZE, 1st NOVEMBER 1983
LARGEST BARRIER REEF
IN THE AMERICAS
GOVERNOR
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
DIRECTOR
SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO
$1 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.)
