Belize – Caribbean Paradise / Tapir Animal

Belize is an adventurer’s paradise…

Front : Belize (1991) $2

Back : Belize (1991) $2

…. the stuff of Indiana Jones with Mayan temples, huge rainforest canopies, marine wildlife, aqua activities and more. Rich with flora, fuana and sea, it’s caribbean paradise at its best. The tapir is Belize’s National Animal.

Banknote

Common Attributes – 1990 Family of Belize Banknotes
– watermark of the Sleeping Giant, the coat of arms and the jade head.
On the front there is a portrait of H.M. the Queen, a design in blue and gold of the Queen trigger-fish and the Queen angel-fish in the centre and a silver fish in the lower left corner;

On the back there is a panel containing the national symbols: the mahogany tree, the black orchid, the toucan bird and the Baird’s tapir.

Mayan theme. See-through feature: Detail of the carving of an arch from the site of Xunantunich situated in the Cayo District.

The vignette at the left on the obverse of the note is part of the stela from the sitte of Nim Li Punit (the Kekchi translation for Big Hat) located in the Toledo District. The stela depicts two figures in on offertory scene and also has Maya inscriptions.

The main picture on the reverse of the note is a combination of scenes from three Maya sites, seen from different angles. On the left is illustrated the site of Altun Ha situated in the Belize District. This site is famous for its Jade Head of the Sun God, Kinich Ahau. In the centre is the restored site of Xunantunich in the Cayo Disctrict and on the right is the site of Lubaantun situated in the Toledo District.

Source: Central Bank of Belize