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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1997-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Belize ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT. 1982 TEN DOLLARS LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR BELIZE, 1st. MARCH 1996 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO $10 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
| Reverse description | Multicolour underprint with black and red intaglio print; the central vignette presents Government House and the Court House, with St. John's Cathedral at right, all rendered in a detailed architectural style evoking a circa-1910 townscape. At centre left, a toucan (Ramphastidae sp.) is shown above a Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) within a multicolour guilloche surround. |
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Belize retained the BZ dollar at par with the USD at 2:1 — a peg fixed in 1976 and maintained without interruption ever since, which is unusual for a small developing economy and has shaped the practical role of every denomination in this series. The 10-dollar note sits at a level locals actually use; it has never been a prestige denomination, just a workhorse.
Thomas De La Rue produced the entire series continuously across this 23-year date range with only incremental security updates — the long run reflects both the stability of the peg and the absence of any monetary crisis that might have forced a redesign.