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100 Dollars Coronation
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, half-length, seated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing left, robed in coronation regalia, holding the royal sceptre in her right hand and the orb in her left hand. The portrait commemorates the 25th anniversary of her coronation in 1953. The legend ELIZABETH II appears above the effigy, with the commemorative inscription 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION encircling the design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation, this was part of a coordinated wave of commemorative gold struck by Commonwealth nations in 1978 — Jamaica among the more active participants in such programs during the Michael Manley years, a period of otherwise sharp tension between Kingston and London over economic policy and bauxite nationalization.
KM#77 was struck in a limited issue and saw negligible circulation. The .900 fineness follows the standard adopted across most Jamaican gold commemoratives of the decade rather than the .999 fine issues that would follow in later series.