Catalog
2 Dollars L.1960, all white numerals
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait vignette of Paul Bogle is accompanied by the Jamaican coat of arms; at centre, two red-billed streamertail hummingbirds appear in flight against a guilloche underprint. The issuing authority and law reference are inscribed across the note. |
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| Protection description | Pineapple watermark |
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Jamaica's 1976 2-dollar notes were issued under the stewardship of Governor G. A. Brown and Finance Minister H. S. Walker during a period of acute economic stress — the island was in the middle of its first IMF stabilization program, and the government was actively managing currency confidence as the Jamaican dollar depreciated sharply against the US dollar.
The "all white numerals" designation distinguishes this variety from related issues where the denomination numerals carry a colored tint — a minor but catalogued printing distinction that affects how the note trades among specialists.