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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of Belize |
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| Year | 1974-1976 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Purple intaglio print on multicolour guilloche underprint with red serial numbers. A front-facing portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Diamond Diadem appears at right, with the Coat of Arms of Belize at left. The note is inscribed with the issuing authority, denomination, and legal tender clause. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple and orange on a multicolour guilloche underprint. The reverse is dominated by an intricate geometric lathe-work pattern typical of Bradbury Wilkinson security printing, with the issuing authority's name inscribed across the design. |
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Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, so this note was issued while the territory was still British Honduras in transition — technically governed as Belize from 1973 following the name change, but not yet sovereign. The Government of Belize issuing authority, rather than a central bank, reflects that transitional administrative reality; a proper monetary institution would not be established until 1982.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the bulk of British colonial and Commonwealth currency through this period, and their intaglio work on Caribbean series was generally among their more refined output. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest even by mid-1970s standards.