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75 Dollars - Elizabeth II Yellowtail snapper
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Reference(s) | P#CS1 |
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| Reverse description | The principal motif at centre is a vignette of a Yellowtail Snapper, flanked at left by a Jaguar (Panthera onca) set against a palm tree. At upper right appears a left-facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Diadem, while a carved jade head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau serves as a decorative cartouche element at right. |
| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY DIRECTOR LEGAL TENDER IN BELIZE $75 |
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The Belize 75 Dollar note from 1984 is not a circulating issue — it was produced as a commemorative piece marking the 75th anniversary of Scouting in Belize, and was never intended for general use. That alone makes Pick CS1 an anomaly in any collection built around circulating Caribbean currency.
The gold foil bonded into the substrate is the real story here. This hybrid construction was exceptionally rare for 1984 and was chosen deliberately to give the piece a collectible permanence. Few central banks were authorizing anything like it at the time.