Jamaican dollar

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The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
centralBank Bank of Jamaica
country Jamaica
countryCode JM
dateOfIntroduction 1969
hasDenomination 1 dollar
10 dollars
100 dollars
1000 dollars
20 dollars
5 dollars
50 dollars
500 dollars
5000 dollars
banknote denominations
coin denominations
hasInflation subject to inflation
ISO4217Code JMD
isPegged no official fixed peg
issuingAuthority Bank of Jamaica
languageOfInscription English
legalStatus legal tender
legalTenderIn Jamaica
localSymbol J$
monetaryAuthorityJurisdiction Jamaica
monetarySystem decimal
officialCurrencyOf Jamaica
region Caribbean
regulator Bank of Jamaica
replacedCurrency Jamaican pound
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol $
usedAs medium of exchange
store of value
unit of account
usedFor everyday transactions
financial operations
usedIn Jamaica
bank accounts
electronic payments
government budgeting
tax payments
wage payments
usedInPricing goods
services

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hordley currency Jamaican dollar
Jamaica currency Jamaican dollar
Mandeville currency Jamaican dollar
Montego Bay, Jamaica currency Jamaican dollar
subject surface form: Montego Bay
Parish of Portland currency Jamaican dollar
Parish of St. Andrew currency Jamaican dollar
Port Morant currency Jamaican dollar
Bath currencyUsed Jamaican dollar
subject surface form: Bath, St. Thomas, Jamaica
Kingston currencyUsed Jamaican dollar
Yallahs currencyUsed Jamaican dollar
Dalvey hasCurrency Jamaican dollar
Leith Hall hasCurrency Jamaican dollar
Wilmington hasCurrency Jamaican dollar
County of Surrey (Jamaica) usesCurrency Jamaican dollar
Rowlandsfield usesCurrency Jamaican dollar
Seaforth usesCurrency Jamaican dollar
Spring Garden usesCurrency Jamaican dollar