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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Man o' war
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara, with the Altun Ha Maya temple vignette at centre. The coat of arms of Belize appears at lower right, and a vignette of a Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) occupies the upper left field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Belize THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO $100 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
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P#CS1 is a commemorative souvenir issue, not a circulating banknote — a distinction that matters. The Central Bank of Belize produced this piece in 1984 as a collector item, incorporating gold foil bonded into the substrate at a time when such novelty constructions were genuinely unusual and technically awkward to produce. The hybrid material was more gimmick than innovation, but it was early enough in the genre that it drew attention from philatelic and numismatic crossover collectors.
The "Man o' War" designation references the famous American thoroughbred, though the connection to Belize remains curiously thin — the naming appears tied to the broader Caribbean tourism promotional culture of the period rather than any direct historical link.