Catalog
25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Chachalaca
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Size | 159 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara; at centre, a vignette of the Altun Ha Maya temple; at lower right, the coat of arms of Belize; at upper left, a vignette of a Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris). The design is executed on a gold foil substrate giving the note a distinctive metallic appearance. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a jaguar (Panthera onca) in front of a palm tree; at centre, a vignette of a Plain Chachalaca; at upper right, a left-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem; at right, a carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau. The overall composition reflects Belizean natural and cultural heritage rendered on the gold foil substrate. |
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P#CS1 is a commemorative souvenir note, not a circulating issue — the "CS" prefix in the Pick numbering system distinguishes it from Belize's regular series. The gold foil bonding is a production technique associated with novelty and collector-targeted printings of the early 1980s, when several Caribbean and Central American nations experimented with non-standard substrates for prestige issues rather than everyday currency.
The Chachalaca designation refers to the plain chachalaca, Belize's national bird. Whether this note was ever legal tender is a point of dispute among collectors; most evidence suggests it was issued purely for the souvenir trade.