May 14, 2009
Jamaica To Get A $5000 Bill / Note
The Bank of Jamaica has announced that a $5,000 bill bearing the portrait of the late former Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer, will be introduced to the monetary system in September of this year. In a press release that was issued this morning, it was announced that Bank of Jamaica Governor Derrick Lattibeaudiere will officially launch the new $5,000 note next Monday, May 18.
The press release also stated that during Monday’s launch, a proof note will be presented to Dr. Denise Eldemire Shearer, widow of the late former Prime Minister.
The last time that the Bank of Jamaica introduced a new note was in 2000 when the $1,000 bill was put in circulation. Prior to that, the $500 bill was introduced in 1994.