Belize gained full independence from Britain in September 1981, and the first coins issued under the new Central Bank — replacing the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority — appeared in 1982. This series was among the earliest expressions of monetary autonomy for a country that had only just shed colonial administration after decades of dispute with Guatemala, which refused to recognize Belizean sovereignty until 1991.
The KM#86 type had a short production window, struck across just two years before the series evolved.
Belize gained full independence from Britain in September 1981, and the first coins issued under the new Central Bank — replacing the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority — appeared in 1982. This series was among the earliest expressions of monetary autonomy for a country that had only just shed colonial administration after decades of dispute with Guatemala, which refused to recognize Belizean sovereignty until 1991.
The KM#86 type had a short production window, struck across just two years before the series evolved.