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1 Dollar Narrow legend, small type
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1980-1990 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 JMD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A right-facing bust portrait of Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaica's first Prime Minister, is rendered in high relief at the center of the field. The portrait is unadorned and naturalistically modeled, capturing the statesman in a suit and tie. The legend BUSTAMANTE arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription FIRST PRIME MINISTER 1962-67 curves along the lower portion of the field, all within a beaded border. |
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Jamaica's dollar coinage of this period was issued against a backdrop of severe IMF-mandated austerity and a currency that lost roughly 90% of its purchasing power between 1980 and 1991. The "narrow legend, small type" designation distinguishes this from concurrent die variants produced during the same decade — a detail that matters more to variety collectors than the catalog reference alone suggests.