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10 Dollars - 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 TEN DOLLARS For the GOVERNMENT of BELIZE BELIZE, 1st JANUARY, 1976. COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY $10 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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| Reverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE |
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Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, but these notes predate that by several years — issued under the Government of Belize name following the colony's 1973 renaming from British Honduras, while still a Crown dependency. The currency board arrangement that produced this series was a transitional mechanism, not a full central bank; the Monetary Authority of Belize wasn't established until 1976, and the Central Bank not until 1982.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed for dozens of colonial and post-colonial governments out of New Malden throughout this period. The P#36 series is moderately scarce in higher grades owing to active commercial use in a small economy.