Catalog
5 Dollars Collector series, Coronation
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Size | 145 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Norman Manley positioned at left, with the national arms at bottom centre. A commemorative overprint at right marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Coronation of June 2, 1953, applied over the standard underprint design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Issued to mark the coronation anniversary commemorations of 1978, this note sits outside Jamaica's regular circulation series — it was sold directly to collectors at a premium and never entered everyday use. De La Rue produced it to a higher finish than standard Jamaican currency of the period, which is partly why unissued examples survive in quantity.
The CS prefix in the Pick reference identifies it as a collector issue, a category the Bank of Jamaica used sparingly. Demand was modest at the time; secondary market interest has grown slowly since.