5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Modified arms

Features

Issuer BelizeBelize (1973-date)
Issuing bank Central Bank of Belize
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1987-1989
Value 5 Dollars
5 BZD = USD 2.48
Currency Dollar (1885-date)
Composition Paper
Size 157 × 68 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
276383
References P# 47,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
TBB# 305
The Banknote Book (https://www.greysheet.com/publications/the-banknote-book-world-paper-money)
And 3 more volumes.

Series: Modified arms issue

Obverse

Red print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers, signatures and date.

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara facing front-left, at centre-right. Corals and fish at centre. Modified coat of arms of Belize at upper-left corner. Carved jade head of god Kinich Ahau at upper-right corner.

Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) see-through feature at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Central Bank of Belize
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT, 1982
FIVE DOLLARS
LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT
IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT
BELIZE, 1st JANUARY 1989
LARGEST BARRIER REEF
IN THE AMERICAS
GOVERNOR
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
DIRECTOR
SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO
$5

Translation: I flourish in the shade.

Reverse

Red print; orange underprint.

National Assembly building in Belmopan, Belize at centre. Common iguana (Iguana iguana) at lower left, jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) facing left, at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Central Bank of Belize
Five
Dollars
$5

Watermark

Carved head of the "Sleeping giant".

Signatures

Alan Slusher (AS¹) Governor, Central Bank of Belize
Henry Edney Conrad Cain (HECC⁴) Financial Secretary
Nestor Vasquez (NV¹) Director, Central Bank of Belize
Keith Arnold (KA¹) Financial Secretary

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1987-Jan-01  AS¹, HECC⁴, NV¹ 64% P#47a
1989-Jan-01  AS¹, KA¹, NV¹ 36% P#47b
1989-Jan-01  AS¹, KA¹, NV¹ 0% Specimen

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