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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1990-1994 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Belize ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT. 1982 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR BELIZE, 1st. MAY 1990 SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO $100 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
| Reverse description | Blue and red intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents an ornithological composition titled "BIRDS OF BELIZE", with a jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria), brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), and red-footed booby (Sula sula) at centre, a magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) and mealy amazon parrot (Amazona farinosa) at right, and a toucan (Ramphastidae sp.) above a Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) at centre left. A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is also present at right. |
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The Central Bank of Belize was established only in 1982, replacing the Monetary Authority that had itself been created just four years earlier at independence. This series, printed by De La Rue through the early 1990s, belongs to a young institution still consolidating its role — Belize had used the Eastern Caribbean dollar before independence and the transition to a distinct national currency was relatively recent memory for anyone handling these notes at issue.
The 100-dollar denomination was the highest in the series, and De La Rue's watermark security on these notes was modest by the standards of what the same printer was producing elsewhere at the time.