Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the pivotal tank battles of World War II, this Belizean commemorative belongs to a wave of gold miniatures produced by Caribbean and Commonwealth nations in the early 1990s — states with no historical connection to the subject matter, mining the commemorative market for foreign exchange revenue. Belize had been independent for just over a decade when this was struck.
KM#110 is a low-mintage issue; surviving population data suggests production was tightly limited, likely under 1,000 pieces.
Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the pivotal tank battles of World War II, this Belizean commemorative belongs to a wave of gold miniatures produced by Caribbean and Commonwealth nations in the early 1990s — states with no historical connection to the subject matter, mining the commemorative market for foreign exchange revenue. Belize had been independent for just over a decade when this was struck.
KM#110 is a low-mintage issue; surviving population data suggests production was tightly limited, likely under 1,000 pieces.