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JAMAICA GOLD PROOF $250 COIN
2008 OLYMPICS BEIJING
“Gold Medal Winners”
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The Bank of Jamaica has authorised the PobJoy Mint to manufacture a limited number of superb Gold Proof $250 coins as a tribute to Jamaica’s outstanding performance at the 29th Olympiad of the modern era. The Olympic Games of 2008 were held in Beijing, China and millions of spectators around the world watched the very best of the world’s sportsmen and sportswomen win a deserved place in sporting history.
Jamaican athletes once again displayed excellence in track and field by winning 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals at the same time establishing three World and two Olympic records.
The reverse of this exquisite proof Commemorative Coin, modelled by PobJoy Mint engraver, Barry Stanton, displays Jamaica’s seven gold medal winners, cum record breakers, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter (4 x 100m relay), Veronica Campbell-Brown (200m), Melaine Walker (400m hurdles) and Shelley-Ann Fraser (100m).
The obverse bears the Jamaica Coat of Arms.
| SPECIFICATIONS: |
| Denomination: |
$250 |
| Alloy: |
.916 AU ( 22 Carat Gold) |
| Diameter: |
38.61 mm |
| Weight: |
31.103 gms |
| Shape: |
Round |
| Edge: |
Milled |
| Minting Limit: |
2,000 |
| Price: |
US$1 000 |
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