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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 145 x 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignettes of national heroes George William Gordon and Paul Bogle at centre-left, set against a pink and magenta guilloche underprint, with the Bank of Jamaica coat of arms beneath the portraits. The denomination $50 appears in large numerals at lower right, with the issuer title BANK OF JAMAICA across the upper field. A transparent window at the right edge incorporates an optically variable element with an intaglio portrait of the two heroes, and a 60th anniversary of independence commemorative logo appears at centre-right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF JAMAICA Fifty Dollars $50 DOCTOR'S CAVE BEACH |
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Jamaica's shift to polymer for the 50 Dollar denomination came as part of a broader modernization program aimed at reducing the note's notoriously short lifespan in circulation — the island's heat and humidity had long accelerated wear on cotton-paper issues of this value, which moved through informal retail trade in high volumes daily.
The Canadian Bank Note Company has handled Jamaican currency production for decades, making this a continuation of an established relationship rather than a new contract. P#W96's "W" prefix in the Pick catalogue denotes polymer substrate, distinguishing it from its paper predecessors in the same denomination sequence.