20 Dollars - Elizabeth II

Features

Issuer	Belize › Belize (1973-date)
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Belize
Queen	Elizabeth II (1973-2022)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1990
Value	20 Dollars 20 BZD = USD 9.95
Currency	Dollar (1973-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	158 × 69 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 228836
References	P# 55 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 313 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: 1990 series

Obverse

Brown print; multicolour underprint; red serial numbers.

Front-facing bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Vladimir Tiara at centre right. Front-facing jaguar (Panthera onca) on tree brach at left, queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula) and queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) at centre. Coat of arms of Belize and silver fish facing left at lower left. Jade head at the upper left corner.

Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) see-through feature at lower right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Central Bank of Belize
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE ACT. 1982
TWENTY
DOLLARS
LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT IN BELIZE OF ANY AMOUNT
GOVERNOR
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
DIRECTOR
BELIZE, 1st. MAY 1990
SUB • UMBRA • FLOREO
$20

Translation: I flourish in the shade.

Reverse

Brown and orange print; multicolour underprint.

Neotropical fruit bat (Artibeus sp.), kinkajou (Potos flavus), howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu), northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana), red brocket (Mazama americana), ringtail (Bassariscus astutus), jaguar (Panthera onca) head at centre and right. Toucan (Ramphastidae sp.) above Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) at centre left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Central Bank of Belize
Twenty Dollars
ANIMALS OF BELIZE
$20

Watermark

Carved head of the "Sleeping giant".

Signatures

Alan Slusher (AS)	Governor, Central Bank of Belize
Keith Arnold (KA)	Financial Secretary
Kathlyn Tillett (KT)	Director, Central Bank of Belize

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	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1990-Jan-05	AS, KA, KT	$ 88		92%
1990-Jan-05	AS, KA, KT		Specimen	0%

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