Belize adopted its current dollar in 1974 following the renaming of British Honduras, and the Central Bank began building out a distinctive wildlife-themed coinage series in the early 1980s as part of a broader post-colonial effort to establish a national identity independent of British iconography. The Scarlet Macaw dollar was part of that push.
KM#88 is the copper-nickel circulation issue; a companion silver proof version was struck for collectors during the same window.
Belize adopted its current dollar in 1974 following the renaming of British Honduras, and the Central Bank began building out a distinctive wildlife-themed coinage series in the early 1980s as part of a broader post-colonial effort to establish a national identity independent of British iconography. The Scarlet Macaw dollar was part of that push.
KM#88 is the copper-nickel circulation issue; a companion silver proof version was struck for collectors during the same window.