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10 Dollars Ringed Kingfisher, Copper-Nickel
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Weight | 26.36 g |
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| Obverse lettering | BELIZE 1983 SUB UMBRA FLOREO FM (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
| Reverse description | A ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is depicted perched on a rock in three-quarter right-facing profile, rendered in fine naturalistic detail with plumage carefully delineated. Tropical vegetation forms the background behind the bird. The denomination legend TEN DOLLARS appears in the lower field. A beaded circle frames the design along the inner rim, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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Belize's dollar coinage of the early 1980s was produced by the Royal Mint under contract following independence from Britain in 1981, with the new Central Bank working to establish a distinctly Belizean numismatic identity. The Ringed Kingfisher series sat at the high end of the circulating denomination range but was never intended as a workhorse coin — pieces this size saw limited everyday use in a country where the economy ran largely on smaller fractions.
KM#71 is occasionally found with uneven cupro-nickel blanks from this period, a documented issue with Royal Mint contract strikes for smaller Caribbean issuers during the early 1980s.