Catalog
100 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Holographic foil |
| Protection description | Carved head of the 'Sleeping Giant' watermark; windowed security thread; toucan metallic holographic foil strip at left of obverse. |
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| Comments |
The 1997 Belize 100 Dollar note was printed during a period when De La Rue was aggressively marketing holographic foil strips to smaller Caribbean and Central American central banks as a cost-effective deterrent against the photocopier counterfeiting that had plagued the region through the late 1980s and early 1990s. Belize adopted the feature relatively early among CARICOM-adjacent issuers.
Pick 65 is the scarcer of the two signature varieties catalogued for this date. The Central Bank of Belize's high-denomination notes from this era circulated under genuinely tight controls — 100 Dollars represented roughly two weeks' wages at the median — so legitimate wear on surviving examples is heavier than the low print run might suggest.