Reference:
Pick: #40 , The Banknote Book: B203
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Description
Belize. Monetary Authority of Belize. 1980 Issues. Ordinance No. 9 of 1976. 10 dollars type 1980. Date: June 1st, 1980. Dimensions: 157 x 68 mm. Wtarmark: Sculpted head of the "sleeping giant". Printer: De La Rue, London. Solid security thread. Material: Paper. Front and back printing predominantly purple. Description of the front: Coat of arms on the left. On the right, a portrait of HRH Elizabeth II wearing Queen Alexandra's kokoshnik tiara, King George VI's festoon necklace and Queen Mary's floret earrings. Place and date printed in black in the center. Frame composed of guilloche shapes. In the upper right corner is a jade head. In the center, an underwater scene with a school of fish. Series and numbering printed in black. Texts in English. An angel fish on the right as a registration device. A combination of signatures with the Commissioners of Currency: Edmund Andrew Marshalleck, Henry Edney Conrad Cain and Albert Errol Cattouse. Description of the back: In the center, a view of the National Assembly building located in the capital Belmopan. On the right, a Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria), which is the logo of the Central Bank of Belize. On the left, a green iguana (Iguana iguana), a native lizard highly prized in traditional Belizean food.