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10 Dollars Year of Youth
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a group of seven youthful faces of diverse ethnic backgrounds arranged in an overlapping composition that fills the central field, symbolising global youth unity. The faces are rendered in fine relief against a mirror-proof field, with the central foreground figure facing the viewer and the surrounding faces depicted in three-quarter or profile view. The circular legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH arcs around the periphery, with a raised dot punctuating the beginning and end of the inscription, all within a plain inner border. |
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| Mintage | 1985 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Jamaica's "Year of Youth" dollar issues of the mid-1980s were produced against a backdrop of severe IMF austerity measures that had gutted the island's economy — a sharp irony given the optimistic theme. The 1985 program aligned with broader UN International Youth Year initiatives, pushing several Commonwealth nations to issue commemorative silver pieces within the same calendar window.
KM#123 is a low-mintage collector issue with limited secondary market depth.