Note of the Month: Belize 20 Dollars
Posted on 8/20/2024
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Country: Belize
Catalog Number: 63a
Date: 1997
Denomination: 20 Dollars
Varieties: The PMG Population Report also records Pick# 63b.
What makes it special? This note shows a neotropical fruit bat, whose 12 species live in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. These small bats lack tails and, like nearly all bats, are nocturnal. International Bat Night is held annually during the last full weekend of August to celebrate bats, who make up about a fifth of all mammal species.
Did you know? This note also shows several other unusual mammals, including a Baird's tapir (beneath the toucan), an anteater called a northern tamandua (to the right of the monkey) and the piglike collared peccary (below the monkey).
Total graded by PMG: As of mid-August 2024, the PMG Population Report includes 32 examples of Pick# 63a and 25 for Pick# 63b.
PMG median grade: PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ for Pick# 63a and PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ for Pick# 63b.
PMG highest graded: The PMG Population Report lists two examples of Pick# 63a in PMG 68 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ.
Sales highlights: An example of Pick# 63a graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ realized $99 at a Heritage Auctions sale in 2012.
PMG Registry: This note is part of two Belize categories in the PMG Registry, including the most popular: 1974-Date, Issued Notes, Complete, where the second-place set, Alan Collection Malaysia's Belize Complete Set Alan, has the Pick# 63a and 63b varieties in PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ and PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ, respectively. It is also part of the Central Bank of Belize, Type Set, 1983-Date, P43-Date, where the second-place set, Alan Collection Malaysia's Central Bank Of Belize QE II Set , uses the same Pick# 63a note as their other set.
Previous Notes of the Month:
- Argentina (2012) 100 Pesos
- Armenia 2,000 Dram
- Australia 10 Dollars
- Bahamas 3 Dollars
- Belgium 200 Francs
- Bermuda 2 Dollars
- Brazil 2000 10 Reais Commemorative
- Canada 2018 $10
- Cayman Islands 40 Dollars
- China 1999 1 Yuan
- Cook Islands (1987) 3 Dollars
- Costa Rica 20,000 Colones
- Cuba Peso
- Disney Dollar - 2003 $5
- Ecuador 5,000 Sucres
- Egyptian Pound
- Estonia 5 Krooni
- Fiji 2000 2,000 Dollars
- France 10 Francs
- France 20 Francs
- France 1995-96 200 Francs
- Germany 1918 50 Mark
- Germany 1991 1,000 Deutsche Mark
- Gibraltar 1995 20 Pounds
- Great Britain (1975-80) 10 Pounds
- Great Britain 2015 5 Pounds
- Greece 50 Drachmai
- Greenland 5 Kroner
- India 500 Rupees
- Indonesia 2022 100,000 Rupiah
- Ionian Islands 5,000 Drachmai
- Ireland - Northern 1990 50 Pounds
- Irish Republic 1866 5 Dollars
- Israel 1988 50 New Sheqalim
- Italy 1937-41 50 Lire
- Japan 2,000 Yen
- Louisiana 1860s $10
- Macau, China 2019 10 Patacas
- Malaysia 600 Ringgit
- Maldives 2015 1,000 Rufiyaa
- Mauritius 5 Rupees
- Mexico Peso
- Mexico 2010 200 Pesos
- Nepal 100 Rupees
- Netherlands 1982 50 Gulden
- Netherlands Indies 1,000 Gulden
- New Zealand 2015-16 50 Dollars
- Niue 2018 "Star Wars" Dollar
- Norway 2017 50 Kronor
- Norway 5 Kronor
- Pakistan 100 Rupees
- Philippines 500 Piso
- Qatar 2020 10 Riyals
- Russia 2014 Olympic Commemorative
- Russia - Goznak Test Note
- Saudi Arabia 10 Riyals
- Scotland 2017 10 Pounds
- Scotland 2012 10 Pounds
- Serbia 2013 100 Dinara
- Seychelles 2016 25 Rupees
- Singapore $20
- Singapore (2006) 2 Dollars
- South Africa 10 Rand
- South Africa 20 Rand
- South Korea 2018 2,000 Won
- Sweden 1980-90 10 Kronor
- Sweden 100 Kronor
- Switzerland 1,000 Franken
- Thailand 1,000 Baht
- US $2 Obsolete Banknote
- US 1880 $20 Legal Tender
- US 1901 $10 Legal Tender
- US 1914 $5 Federal Reserve Note
- Zambia Pound
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