Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Belize $5 Five Dollars ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT, 1982 LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT BELIZE, 1st FEBRUARY 2025 GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY CHAIRMAN |
| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in warm red, orange, and cream tones on polymer. The central vignette presents a detailed engraved view of historical colonial-era buildings in Belize, including a structure with a prominent clock tower, framed by lush tropical vegetation. The denomination '$5' appears in the upper right corner and in a smaller numeral at lower left, with the inscription 'HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BELIZE' along the lower margin. |
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Belize switched its five-dollar denomination to polymer in this 2025 issue, continuing a gradual migration away from cotton-paper stock that the Central Bank began with earlier denominations. The Canadian Bank Note Company has been the sole printer for Belizean currency for decades, and the relationship shows in the consistency of the series' technical specifications across issues.
The transparent window is integrated into the substrate rather than applied as a patch — a distinction that matters for authentication, since the older windowed thread on previous paper issues was a separate element and easier to simulate.