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10 Dollars Summer Olympics
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A male sprinter is depicted in dynamic low relief, lunging forward from starting blocks positioned at the lower left, his body inclined sharply toward the right in a powerful explosive stance. An Olympic torch, its flame rendered in fine detail, stands upright in the lower right field beneath the athlete. The date 1984 appears in the upper left field. The legend SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES curves along the lower periphery in bold raised letters, completing the commemorative inscription. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Jamaica's 1984 Los Angeles Olympics commemorative series was issued partly as a revenue-generating exercise — the IOC's aggressive licensing program in the early 1980s made such national mint partnerships a reliable hard-currency earner for smaller economies. Los Angeles itself was the only bidding city for the 1984 Games after the Soviet-led boycott of the previous cycle poisoned the political atmosphere around Olympic hosting. The Games proceeded without the USSR and most Eastern Bloc nations, making the event simultaneously triumphant for the West and hollow in competitive terms.
KM#125 is one of several denominations Jamaica issued for the occasion, struck in .925 silver to proof standard.