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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Curassow
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 BZD) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara, rendered in intaglio. The centre vignette presents the Altun Ha Maya temple, with the Coat of Arms of Belize positioned at lower right and a vignette of a Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) at upper left. The legends surrounding the design reference the Third Anniversary of Independence and bear the motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette is occupied by a Great Curassow, flanked at left by a jaguar (Panthera onca) set before a palm tree. At right, a carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau appears alongside a left-facing effigy portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem. The denomination and issuing authority are inscribed in the surrounding legends. |
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P#CS1 is a souvenir item rather than a circulating banknote — issued by the Central Bank of Belize as a commemorative collector piece, not tendered as legal currency. The gold foil bonded substrate was a deliberate departure from standard circulating issues and was almost certainly produced in very limited quantities.
The "CS" prefix in the Pick numbering confirms its souvenir classification.