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20 Dollars Cycling
| Issuer | Belize (1973-date) |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A competitive road cyclist is depicted in dynamic profile facing right, leaning forward over the handlebars of a racing bicycle in a racing posture, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. To the right stands the Olympic torch with a stylized flame, bearing the Roman numeral XXIII on its base, symbolizing the 23rd Olympiad. The legend XXIII OLYMPIAD 1984 curves along the upper periphery, while TWENTY DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower left periphery in two lines. |
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| Mint | CHI Valcambi SA, Balerna, Switzerland |
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Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, and its early commemorative program was largely driven by external minting contracts and international collector markets rather than domestic demand. This cycling issue was part of a broader wave of Los Angeles Olympic commemoratives produced by small nations in 1984, many of which had negligible athletic delegations at the Games — Belize sent fewer than ten competitors total.