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Front: George William Gordon (1820-1865), Jamaica's national hero

Gordon was born to a slave mother and a planter father. He was self-educated and became a landowner in St. Thomas. Gordon urged the people to protest against and to resist the oppressive and unjust conditions under which they were forced to live. In 1865 he was arrested and charged for complicity in the Morant Bay Rebellion. He was illegally tried by court martial and, in spite of a lack of evidence, convicted and executed in 1865.

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Front: Noel Newton Nethersole (1902-1959), Minister of Finance 1955-1959

Nethersole envision the need for Jamaica to establish a stock exchange, a development bank and a central bank as tools necessary for the execution of a sound monetary policy.

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Front: Sam Sharpe (1801-1832), Jamaica's national hero

Sharpe was born a Creole slave in Montego Bay. He taught himself to read and write. He was against slavery. However, he did not want the slaves to fight. He wanted them to sit down one day and do no work until they got paid for their work. His plan did not work out because some slaves were against his peaceful plan. Instead, they burnt several estates. The Government sent in the soldiers. Many slaves were killed. Sharpe gave himself up and was charged with rebellion. He was taken to court, convicted and executed in 1832.

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Front: Donald Sangster (1911-1967), Prime Minister of Jamaica 1964-1967

Sangster entered politics in 1933 with his election to a local parish council. He was elected to the island's House of Representatives as a member of the Jamaica Labor Party in 1944. Later he served as Minister of Social Welfare and Labor, and as Minister of Finance. He became Acting Prime Minister in 1964 when Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante became ill. He succeeded as Prime Minister on February 23, 1967 only to die in office in April.

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