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50 Cents Frigatebird, Copper-Nickel
| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 1975-1981 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 CENTS |
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| Mintage | 1975 FM - - 1,095 1975 FM - Matte - 2,358 1975 FM - Proof - 8,794 1976 FM - - 759 1976 FM - Matte - 3,259 1976 FM - Proof - 4,893 1977 FM - - 3,540 1977 FM - Proof - 2,107 1978 FM - - 2,958 1978 FM - Proof - 1,671 1979 FM - - 808 1979 FM - Proof - 1,287 1980 FM - - 761 1980 FM - Proof - 920 1981 FM - - 297 1981 FM - Proof - 643 |
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Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981, but the Central Bank had been issuing its own coinage since 1974 — a deliberate assertion of economic separation well before political sovereignty was formalized. These coins circulated through a transition period of considerable instability, with Guatemala's longstanding territorial claim over the entire country creating genuine uncertainty about whether an independent Belizean currency would survive at all.