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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company |
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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 description | A panoramic aerial vignette of Doctor's Cave Beach in Montego Bay occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in pink and magenta tones with fine line guilloche underprint, showing the coastline, pier, and surrounding landscape. The denomination $50 is printed in large numerals at upper right, with BANK OF JAMAICA inscribed vertically along the right margin. The transparent window at the left edge repeats the optically variable portrait element visible from the obverse, and the legend DOCTOR'S CAVE BEACH appears below the central vignette. |
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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.