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| Issuer | Central Bank of Belize |
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| Year | 2003-2021 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in intaglio at right, wearing a tiara and pearl necklace, against a multicolour guilloche underprint. At centre-left, a vignette of the Belize harbour with a boat and dock facilities; denomination in large letterpress text reads FIFTY DOLLARS. The Central Bank of Belize Act reference, legal tender clause, date, and facsimile signatures of the Governor and Financial Secretary appear across the lower centre. |
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| Protection description | Queen Elizabeth II portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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Belize has maintained the same 2:1 fixed peg to the US dollar since 1978, making currency management largely a question of stability theater rather than monetary adjustment. The $50 note is the highest denomination in regular circulation — Belize never issued a $100 note — which gives this series an outsized role in everyday high-value transactions in a small, dollarized-adjacent economy.
Three signature combinations across nearly two decades of P#70 issues make date attribution straightforward, though the 2014 and 2021 pairs share the same signatories, so distinguishing those runs requires examining the date printed on individual notes rather than the signatures alone.