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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Orchids and Scarlet macaw
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1885-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara; at centre, a vignette of the Altun Ha Mayan temple; at lower right, the coat of arms of Belize; at upper left, a vignette of a queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris). The note was issued to commemorate the Third Anniversary of Independence of Belize and carries the national motto as part of its inscriptions. |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE TWENTY DOLLARS GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR LEGAL TENDER IN BELIZE $20 |
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P#CS1 is a commemorative souvenir item, not a circulating banknote — the "CS" prefix in the Pick numbering makes that explicit. Issued by the Central Bank of Belize in 1984, it was produced on an experimental hybrid substrate bonding paper with gold foil, a format with no precedent in Belizean currency proper and almost certainly never intended for use in trade.
Belize had only gained independence from Britain in 1981, making this an early institutional exercise in projecting national identity through a prestige format. The gold foil component makes these fragile over time — delamination at the edges is a known preservation problem with surviving examples.