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50 Dollars JMD

Jamaica 2004 1990_present VF P-83 Needs review ✦ AI 92%
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Identity

Where & when

Country Jamaica
Currency JMD
Denomination 50 Dollars
Series name
Series year 2004
Issue year 2004
Era 1990_present
Legal status withdrawn
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Samuel Sharpe
Reverse subject Dunn's River Falls
Watermark Portrait of Samuel Sharpe in clear field at left
Color palette #8b4789,#d4af37,#2f4f4f
Themes statesman,indigenous_culture,wildlife,agriculture
Language / script Latin

Front: Dunn's River Falls near Ocho Rios, one of Jamaica's most famous natural landmarks, a terraced waterfall cascading 180 feet into the Caribbean Sea. The falls are a major tourist attraction and national heritage site, flowing over natural limestone terraces through lush tropical vegetation.

Back: Samuel Sharpe (1801–1832), Jamaican national hero and Baptist deacon who led the 1831–32 Christmas Rebellion (Baptist War), the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies. His rebellion of some 60,000 enslaved people hastened the abolition of slavery in the British Empire; he was executed but posthumously designated a National Hero of Jamaica in 1975. The Jamaican coat of arms with its motto 'Out of Many, One People' appears at center.

Production

How it was made

Issuer Bank of Jamaica
Issuer (native)
Printer De La Rue
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 156x69

Signatures: Governor: Derick Latibeaudiere

Security features: watermark,security_thread,microprint,see_through_register,latent_image

Geography

Jamaica in North America

Jamaica in North America. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

This note is from the Bank of Jamaica series issued during the early 2000s, dated 15.01.2004. Samuel Sharpe appears on all 50-dollar Jamaican notes from this era. The front depicts a pre-independence design (5 shillings) referencing Jamaica's colonial currency history, while the back shows the modern decimal currency (fifty dollars) introduced in 1969. The Bank of Jamaica introduced enhanced security features during this period to combat counterfeiting. This series was later replaced by polymer notes beginning in 2012.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # 83
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 2000–2008
Provenance

How it came to me

Acquired date
Acquired from
Acquired price
Currency
Condition
Grade VF
Serial number JK095403
Serial prefix JK

Circulated note with visible wear, light soiling, and signs of handling; all design elements remain clear

Valuation

What it's worth now

$3–$8
Type default range $3–$8
Valuation history (1)
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2026-05-10 09:38:27 3.0 8.0 USD ai from claude-sonnet-4-5
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AI extractions (2)
anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 09:38:27
status: ok · step 2 · $0.1966 · 7231↓ + 1175↑ tokens
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 09:38:27
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0384 · 7231↓ + 1115↑ tokens
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