Catalog
100 Dollars Golden Jubilee
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Sir Donald Sangster at left, set against a fine guilloche underprint in pale green and orange tones; a vignette of the map of Jamaica rendered in engraved linework occupies the centre, flanked by a Jacaranda flower sprig. The Jamaican coat of arms appears at lower centre-right alongside the Governor's signature, with a stylised "50" anniversary emblem incorporating a doctor bird at right, and the commemorative date 06.08.2012 inscribed below. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio group portrait of Jamaican schoolchildren in uniform, rendered in fine engraved linework in dark teal tones against a pale guilloche background; a large circular watermark window occupies the left field, surrounded by orange floral underprint motifs. The national motto appears at lower left, with the denomination lettered across the bottom border. |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Jamaican independence, this commemorative note was released in 2012 alongside a polymer version of the same design — an unusual dual-issue approach that allowed collectors and institutions to acquire both the traditional cotton substrate and its plastic counterpart from the same event. Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig handled the cotton printing, as they had done for several Jamaican issues in the preceding decades.
Pick 90 is the cotton variant; Pick 91 is the polymer. The distinction matters for attribution.