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5000 Dollars Golden Jubilee
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Hugh Lawson Shearer at left, with a multicolour guilloche underprint across the centre field incorporating a vignette of the Jamaican coat of arms at bottom centre, bearing the motto "Out of Many, One People". The Jamaica 50th Independence anniversary commemorative logo appears at right centre, accompanied by a hummingbird vignette. Date and Governor's signature appear at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark, Colour-shifting ink |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Jamaican independence, this was the highest denomination the Bank of Jamaica had ever released at the time of issue. The hybrid substrate — a laminated paper-polymer composite — was a deliberate choice for a commemorative note expected to see real handling rather than be immediately retired to albums.
De La Rue's hybrid material had only recently become commercially viable for central bank use, and Jamaica was among the earlier adopters at this format.