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1 Pound - Elizabeth II English motto below arms
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette, rendered in green intaglio line engraving, illustrates an agricultural scene with a tractor hauling a loaded wagon through a sugarcane field. Pound sterling symbols appear at the upper left and upper right corners, flanking the bank title along the top edge, while guilloche borders run along the top and bottom margins. The denomination is repeated in letterpress at the lower left and lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | S. W. Payton numerals of serial # rather straight and simple S. W. Payton numerals of serial # rounded (similar to "Times New Roman") R. T. P. Hall as "Acting Governor" R. T. P. Hall as "Governor" G. A. Brown |
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Jamaica achieved independence in August 1962, but the Bank of Jamaica — established under the Bank of Jamaica Law of 1960 — didn't issue its own currency until 1964, replacing the Eastern Caribbean notes that had circulated under the British Caribbean Currency Board. This pound series was therefore short-lived by design: Jamaica decimalized in 1969, switching to dollars and cents, which rendered the entire pound series obsolete within five years of its first issue.
The five signature combinations documented for P#51C reflect the bank's rapid turnover of senior personnel in its earliest years. Hall's appearance in two variants — first as Acting Governor, then as Governor — compresses an entire administrative transition into what is otherwise a single catalog number.