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1 Dollar Scarlet Macaw, Copper-Nickel
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Reverse description | Two Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao), the national bird of Belize, are depicted perched together on a leafy branch that extends across the central field. The larger bird is shown in left profile, its detailed plumage rendered with finely engraved feathering, while the second bird is positioned slightly lower and to the right, its head turned downward. Flowering foliage frames the composition on both sides, lending a naturalistic quality to the design. The denomination legend ONE DOLLAR curves along the upper rim within a beaded border, with the lower field left open to showcase the wildlife motif. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR |
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Belize issued this dollar series beginning in 1974, two years after the country's currency was decoupled from the British pound and pegged to the U.S. dollar at a fixed 2:1 rate that remains in effect today. The Scarlet Macaw had already appeared on Belizean coinage from the outset of the new currency, making it one of the longer-running wildlife motifs in Central American numismatics. The copper-nickel composition replaced an earlier version; the series would later migrate to smaller planchets as metal costs rose through the 1980s.