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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Red-footed booby
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Belize THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO $25 (Translation: I flourish in the shade.) |
| Reverse description | At centre, a vignette of a Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), with a Jaguar (Panthera onca) set before a palm tree to the left. A left-facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem appears at upper right, accompanied by a vignette of the carved jade head of the Mayan sun god Kinich Ahau at right. The overall composition reflects Belize's natural heritage and Mayan cultural legacy. |
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P#CS1 is a souvenir card issue, not a circulating banknote — the Central Bank of Belize produced it as a collector piece, which accounts for the gold foil bonding rather than conventional cotton-linen stock. Belize had only established its Central Bank in 1982, two years before this piece was issued, making early output from the institution relatively scarce in any form.
The red-footed booby depicted is native to the Half Moon Caye colony — one of the largest such colonies in the Western Hemisphere and a protected site under Belizean law since 1981.