Type details
| Country | Jamaica |
| Currency | JMD |
| Denomination | 50 Dollars |
| Series year | 2004 |
| Series range | 2000–2008 |
| Issue year | 2004 |
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
| Signatures | Governor: Derick Latibeaudiere |
| Printer | De La Rue |
| Front portrait | Samuel Sharpe |
| Reverse subject | Dunn's River Falls |
| Themes | statesman,indigenous_culture,wildlife,agriculture |
| Watermark | Portrait of Samuel Sharpe in clear field at left |
| Security features | watermark,security_thread,microprint,see_through_register,latent_image |
| Colour palette | #8b4789,#d4af37,#2f4f4f |
| Material | paper |
| Dimensions (mm) | 156x69 |
| Language / script | Latin |
| Languages | en |
| Pick # | 83 |
| Rarity | common |
| Legal status | withdrawn |
| Legal status date | 2012 |
| Era | 1990_present |
| Default value (low) | 3.0 |
| Default value (high) | 8.0 |
| Value currency | USD |
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.
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.
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