Catalog
25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Blueheads
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Reference(s) | P#CS1 |
| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara, flanked at centre by a vignette of the Altun Ha Maya temple. The Coat of Arms of Belize appears at lower right, while a queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) occupies the upper left field. The design is rendered against a decorative guilloche underprint typical of commemorative issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR LEGAL TENDER IN BELIZE $25 |
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The "Blueheads" sobriquet comes from the distinctive blue tint applied to the portrait field, a colorway that divided opinion when these entered circulation in 1984. Belize had only formally shed its British Honduras identity in 1981, and the Central Bank itself was barely established — this series was among the first to carry the new national identity on a fully domestically-authorized issue.
The hybrid substrate — paper bonded with gold foil — was an experimental security measure that proved problematic in tropical humidity. Notes from this issue are frequently found with delamination along the foil edges, a known condition fault specific to the type.