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75 Dollars - Elizabeth II Orchid, Cymbidium
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 75 Dollars (75 BZD) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a front-facing crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara; the Altun Ha Mayan temple vignette occupies the centre, with the coat of arms of Belize at lower right and a Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) vignette at upper left. The design is printed on a gold foil-bonded substrate with decorative guilloche underprint. Inscriptions include the issuing authority, the commemorative legend for the Third Anniversary of Independence, and the denomination $75. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a jaguar (Panthera onca) is shown before a palm tree; at centre, an orchid (Cymbidium) vignette serves as the principal decorative motif. At upper right, a left-facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem appears above a carved jade head of the Mayan sun deity Kinich Ahau. The reverse carries full denomination text, signatory designations, and the legal tender clause. |
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This note was never issued for circulation. It was produced as a specimen or souvenir piece — the gold foil bonded substrate alone rules out any practical monetary use, as the production cost per unit would have vastly exceeded the face value at the time. Belize's Central Bank authorized it specifically as a collector item, a practice that became more common among smaller Caribbean and Central American issuers during the 1980s as a modest hard-currency revenue stream.
The CS designation in the Pick reference confirms its non-circulating status. Fewer catalog entries exist for this piece than for standard Belizean issues of the period, and auction appearances remain infrequent.