Catalog
20 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Belize |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Orange intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers. A portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara occupies the centre-right, while a vignette of corals and tropical fish fills the centre field. The Coat of Arms of Belize appears at the upper-left corner, the carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau at the upper-right corner, and a see-through register vignette of a queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is positioned at the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Belize had only achieved independence from Britain in September 1981 — meaning this 1980 note was issued while the country was still British Honduras in all but name, under a transitional monetary authority established ahead of formal separation. Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London, a continuity of arrangement that had served the region since the colonial currency boards.
Pick 41 is the scarcer high denomination of the inaugural Belizean series. The $20 saw limited retail circulation in a cash economy where smaller notes did the daily work.