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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Foureye butterflyfish
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Reference(s) | P#CS1 |
| Obverse description | The right field bears a front-facing crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara, with the Coat of Arms of Belize at lower right. The central vignette presents the Altun Ha Maya temple, while a vignette of the Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) occupies the upper left field. The entire design is executed on a gold foil-bonded substrate, with the national motto and commemorative inscriptions completing the composition. |
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| 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 souvenir sheet rather than a circulating banknote — officially produced by the Central Bank of Belize but never intended for use as currency. The gold foil bonding process was a novelty format gaining traction among collector-issue items in the early 1980s, marketed heavily through philatelic and numismatic distributors rather than through normal banking channels.
Belize had only established its Central Bank in 1982, two years before this piece was produced. The timing matters: issuing a prestige collector item this early in the bank's existence says more about revenue generation than monetary policy.