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250 Dollars Decade for Women
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 250 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A woman in traditional dress is depicted in the central field, carrying a basket upon her head, with a stylized map of Jamaica rendered in the background. The United Nations Decade for Women emblems appear at both the left and right sides of the design. The encircling legend reads 'UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN' along the upper periphery, with the date '1984' positioned in the lower field. |
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Issued to mark the United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985), this piece was part of a broader wave of commemorative gold struck by Caribbean central banks during the early 1980s — a period when many smaller issuers were producing limited gold coinage primarily for collector export rather than domestic circulation. Jamaica's participation aligned with its active engagement in UN initiatives during the Manley and early Seaga administrations, though by 1984 the island was deep in an IMF austerity program that made domestic gold coin ownership largely academic.