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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Modified arms
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1986-1987 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Orange intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers, signatures, and date. At centre field, a vignette of corals and tropical fish forms the primary design motif, while a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara is positioned at centre-right; the modified coat of arms of Belize appears at upper left and the carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau at upper right. A see-through registration device in the form of a Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is incorporated at the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown and purple intaglio print over a multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents the National Assembly building in Belmopan rendered in detailed architectural style, flanked at lower left by a common iguana (Iguana iguana) and at right by a jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) facing left. Denomination numerals and issuer inscription appear in the upper and lower margins. |
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Pick 49 was issued during a brief window when Belize was quietly updating its coat of arms — the "modified arms" designation reflects a deliberate heraldic revision made after independence, distinguishing this short run from the otherwise similar earlier series. The change was subtle enough that the two types are frequently conflated by generalist dealers.
Thomas De La Rue printed all notes in this family, a relationship Belize maintained continuously through this period. The 1986–1987 date range suggests production across two fiscal cycles, though the exact cut-off between dated examples is not always consistent with stated issue years on surviving specimens.