10 Dollars Jabiru, Copper-Nickel

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Reverse description	Two Jabiru storks (Jabiru mycteria) depicted in dynamic flight to the right, rendered in fine relief with detailed feathering across their outstretched wings. The birds are shown one above the other in a naturalistic composition that fills the central field. The denomination legend TEN DOLLARS is inscribed along the upper arc of the field in raised letters. A beaded border encircles the entire design at the rim.
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Mint	(FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)
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Additional information	Belize achieved independence from Britain in 1981, but this coin predates that moment — issued in 1979 when the territory was still British Honduras in all but name, operating under the newly adopted "Belize" designation granted in 1973. The Jabiru series was part of a broader Franklin Mint conservation coinage program that swept through newly sovereign and semi-sovereign nations in the late 1970s, pairing wildlife subjects with proof and circulation strikes sold largely to collectors rather than deployed as spending money. The Jabiru stork itself is native to the Belize River valley and remains the largest flying bird in the Americas.