$2.00 Jamaican Bill

My friend stopped by last night.
"Hey Mark,
remember when we were in High School?

Uh...yeah..??
Well, Remember the class trip to Jamaica??
Uh, no I said, I did not make that trip, remember??

Anyway, My friend brought out 1 plastic baggie with three 2 dollar Jamaican Bills in it.

"You can have them, maybe they are worth something" he said.

Man, the IMF has screwed Jamaica so bad, these are worth about 2 cents.

The exchange rate was 40 to 1 when I first started going.
Now it's about 125 to 1.

He was shocked.

Check my avatar.

When I got that bill it cost 2.25 US dollars.

88 JA cents to the US dollar

I've got a 50 cent bill @ home

Negril was a bargain back in the 70's it was a very inexpensive vacation. Like Cap said the JA dollar was worth more than USD.

Can't find a scan of my $2, but here is a one and a 50 cent
Regards,
Bob
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I still have several $2J and a $1J bill left over form a long ago trip. I use them for book marks. Older folks will spot them and remark, "Mon, that's some really old money!" Money seemed a real pain in the arsenal back in the early 80's.

What is the smallest (in terms of value) Jamaican paper dollar bill, and the largest currently in circulation in JA.

Thanks

Negril is still a bargain. I can spend two weeks in Jamaica for the price of one week at any of the other Caribbean destination. I would probably spend more to come to Jamaica, I'm just really happy I don't have to.

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Originally Posted by johng

Negril was a bargain back in the 70's it was a very inexpensive vacation. Like Cap said the JA dollar was worth more than USD.

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Originally Posted by johng

What is the smallest (in terms of value) Jamaican paper dollar bill, and the largest currently in circulation in JA.

Thanks

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I think 50 and 5,000

Cap

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Originally Posted by captaind

I think 50 and 5,000

Cap

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CapD is correctomundo!

Once I went to a Cambio in MOBay to change US$.
The lady counted out a few bills.
I said,
" Whoa Nellie, I should be getting ALOT more money back than that!!"
The lady was Chinese and I could not understand her accent.

She was giving me $5,000.00J bills

Once I realized what was happening, I said

"NO, no NO!! "
Please nothing bigger than $1,000.00, please.

Man, I would hate to lose a $5,000.00J bill.

Irine,

I mean like $10 USD a day bargain, bear in mind there were only 2 or 3 hotels on the entire Negril Beach. Families would take you in, there was in many cases no running water no toilets (outhouse instead). Ganja was an unbelievable deal. $10 - 20 USD for a shopping bag full of great herb. I can't speak about other islands but compared to southern Florida Jamaica was an unbelievable deal.

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Irene,

$10 - 20 USD for a shopping bag full of great herb.

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You could get you rass in jail for one little splif. Had to hide the ganj outside the house and smoke in the bush

Cap

You are right Cap. I remember Miss Gloria warning us not to bring in any inside the A-Frame. It had to be hidden and consumed outside. The Red Stripes were frequently walking the beach.

John

1984, 5 to 1, JAD to USD, 20 dollar bills !

$2.00 Jamaican Dollar Bill


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