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10 Dollars Year of the Worker, silver proof
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | THE YEAR OF THE WORKERS 1988 CORNERSTONE OF DEVELOPMENT |
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Jamaica's 1988 "Year of the Worker" issue was part of the country's broader series of silver proof commemoratives produced through the 1980s, a period when the Jamaican economy was under severe strain — the dollar had lost roughly 80% of its value against the US dollar over the preceding decade, and IMF austerity conditions were actively reshaping public sector employment. The coin's theme carries a pointed irony given that context.
KM#138a denotes the silver proof variant, distinguished from the base-metal circulation issue struck the same year.