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5 Cents Fork-Tailed Flycatcher, Aluminium
| Issuer | Government of Belize |
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| Year | 1977-1981 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Belize occupies the central field, featuring a shield charged with tools of the mahogany industry and a sailing vessel, supported by two woodcutters holding axes and paddles respectively. A mahogany tree surmounts the shield, and a scroll beneath bears the motto legend SUB UMBRA FLOREO. The country name BELIZE arcs across the upper field, flanked by decorative olive branches. The date of issue appears in the lower field below the scroll. The design is enclosed by a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, but this series began circulating four years earlier under the newly established Monetary Authority of Belize, which replaced the East Caribbean Currency Authority as the issuing body following the country's transition to full internal self-government in 1964 — a process that took well over a decade to resolve into actual monetary independence. The aluminium composition was a pragmatic response to chronic small-denomination coin shortages that had plagued the region since the colonial era.