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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Brown pelican
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Size | 159 × 64 mm |
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| Reverse description | At left, a jaguar (Panthera onca) is shown before a palm tree in a naturalistic vignette. A Brown Pelican occupies the centre of the composition. At upper right, a left-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem appears within the design, while a carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau is rendered at right. |
| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE FIFTY DOLLARS GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR LEGAL TENDER IN BELIZE $50 |
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P#CS1 is a specimen or commemorative souvenir issue — the "CS" prefix in the Pick numbering denotes a collector piece rather than a circulating banknote. Belize's Central Bank was established only in 1982, and this 1984 piece falls squarely in the early promotional output that newly independent central banks sometimes produced to raise their profile internationally and domestically.
The hybrid paper-and-gold-foil substrate is the real story here. It was not used in Belize's regular circulation series, which ran on conventional paper stock throughout this period.