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10 Dollars Year of the Worker, copper-nickel
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Weight | 21.9 g |
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| Reverse description | Two figures, a male and a female worker, are depicted standing facing each other on a wooden plank or board, each raising an agricultural implement above their heads — one holding a shovel and the other a pitchfork — in a gesture symbolic of labour and national development. The composition is rendered in a bold, stylised relief. The commemorative legend THE YEAR OF THE WORKERS arcs along the upper periphery, the date 1988 appears in the field, and the inscription CORNERSTONE OF DEVELOPMENT is placed along the lower legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE YEAR OF THE WORKERS 1988 CORNERSTONE OF DEVELOPMENT |
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Jamaica's "Year of the Worker" dollar was issued in 1988 to commemorate the International Labour Organisation's ongoing campaign recognizing labor rights across developing nations. The timing was deliberate — Jamaica's economy was under severe strain from IMF structural adjustment programs throughout the 1980s, and the government was eager to signal solidarity with its workforce even as public sector wages were being compressed.
Relatively few of these circulated in the conventional sense; most were absorbed by collectors at point of issue.