BANKNOTES OF BELIZE
Known also as British Honduras prior to independence in 1973 when it was renamed Belize.
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BANKNOTES OF BELIZE
Known also as British Honduras prior to
independence in 1973 when it was renamed Belize.
These notes are available for your viewing
pleasure!
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
| Date | Pick# | Denomination | Observations | Obverse | Reverse |
| 1997 | 62 | 50 Dollars |
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Design: Queen Elizabeth II Reverse Design: Bridges of Belize |
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The history of the Belize Dollar.
The British Honduras dollar was first introduced in
1894 and the value was linked to that of the U.S. dollar at par. Prior to this
coins and banknotes of the United States and Britain circulated in Belize.
Though at par with the American dollar, in 1949 the value of the British
Honduras dollar was linked to that of the British pound sterling at a rate of
$4.80 to one pound, at the time the value of the British pound was fixed with
the U.S. dollar at $4.80/£1.00.
In 1973 the British Honduras attained independence from Britain and the name was
changed to Belize. The Belize Dollar replaced the British Honduras dollar in
1974 at par. Like the Government of British Honduras, the Government of Belize
held the monopoly on the issue of banknotes and coins until 1976 when the
Monetary Authority of Belize was created. In 1981 the Central Bank of Belize was
formed and has been the sole issuer of banknotes and coins in Belize from its
inception until today. The ISO 4217 code for the Belize dollar is BZD. The value
of the Belize dollar is now pegged to the U.S. Dollar at a rate of two Belize
dollars for one American dollar.
At present banknotes are issued in denominations of $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and
$100. The one dollar note has been replaced by a coin. Coins currently come in
denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents and 1 dollar. Due to historical value of
the 25 cent coin being close to one British shilling, the 25 cent coin is
nicknamed a “shilling”, this name remains in strong use up to this day.
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