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100 Dollars Summer Olympics, gold
| Issuer | Jamaica |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A circular arrangement of portrait heads of Jamaican individual Olympic gold medalists from 1948 through 2012 fills the central field, each athlete identified by name inscribed beneath the respective portrait. The composition is arranged concentrically, celebrating Jamaica's history of Olympic athletic achievement across multiple Games. The encircling legend identifies the subject matter and the span of years commemorated. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Jamaica's 2012 London Olympics coincided with Usain Bolt's second consecutive sweep of the 100m, 200m, and 4×100m relay golds — a performance that made this issue almost instantly thematic beyond its face value. The island's track program had by that point become the dominant force in global sprinting, and the timing of this coin's release was not coincidental.
KM#204a is the gold variant of a bimetallic series; the base-metal sibling saw far wider distribution, leaving the gold issue with a comparatively limited collector audience despite its topical appeal.