Belize 20 dollars type 1997

Reference:

Pick: #63 , The Banknote Book: B321

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Description

Belize. Central Bank of Belize. 1997-2002 Issues. 20 dollars type 1997. Dates: Varieties. Dimensions: 140 x 70 mm. Watermark: Carved head of the "sleeping giant". Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London. Windowed security thread. Material: Paper. Multicolored front and back printing. Description of the front: On the right, a portrait of HRH Elizabeth II. In the upper left corner is a jade head. Below, a jaguar at rest on a tree branch. In the center, an underwater scene with a school of fish, the Belize coat of arms and a silver fish in the lower left corner. Series and numbering printed in red and black. Texts in English. On the right is the transparent element which, when held up to the light, forms a head of Tapir (Tapirus bairdii), the national animal of Belize. Combinations of signatures with Commissioners of Currency. Description of the back: some of Belize’s most interesting animals. These consist of one of a many species of Native bat (Artibeus), a Howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), a Anteater (Tamandua mexicana), a Kinkajou or Night-walker, (Potos flavus), a Tayra or bush-dog (Eira barbara), a White-tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), a Peccary (Tayassu tajacu) and a head of the Jaguar (Panthera onca).

Banknotes :Central Bank of Belize (1997-2002)