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Jamaica, 1996 AD., Elizabeth II, 1 Dollar, KM 164.
Jamaica, Elizabeth II, 1996 AD., 
1 Dollar (18,5 mm / 2,89 g), 7-sided, nickel-plated steel, 2,90 g. (?) theor. mint weight, mintage ? , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge, 
Obv.: JAMAICA ONE DOLLAR 1996 / OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE , national arms with supporters, motto on ribbon below. 
Rev.: THE RT. EXCELLENT SIR ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE / NATIONAL HERO , his bust facing.
KM 164 . 

Year / Mintage
1994 / ?
1995 / ?
1995 / ? (proof)
1996 / ?
1999 / ?
2000 / ?
2000 / ? (proof)
2002 / ? (proof)
2003  / ?
2005 / ?
2006 / ?
2008 / ? 

Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica (24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader.
He was born as William Alexander Clarke to an Irish Roman Catholic planter, Robert Constantine Clarke, and wife Mary née Wilson, who was of mixed race. He claimed that he took the name Bustamante to honour an Iberian sea captain who befriended him in his youth.
After travelling the world, including working as a policeman in Cuba and as a dietician in a New York City hospital, he returned to Jamaica in 1932 and became a leader of the struggle against colonial rule. He first brought himself to public attention as a writer of letters to the Daily Gleaner newspaper; in 1937 he became treasurer of the Jamaica Workers' Union which had been founded by labour activist Allan G.S. Coombs. During the 1938 labour rebellion he quickly became identified as the spokesman for striking workers. Coombs' JWU became the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) after the revolt, and Bustamante became known as "The Chief". 
He was imprisoned for subversive activities in 1940. However, the anti-colonial effort resulted in the granting of universal suffrage to Jamaica. He was released from prison in 1943 and founded the Jamaica Labour Party the same year, having previously been a member of the party founded by his cousin, Norman Manley, the People's National Party (founded 1938). Bustamante's party won 22 of 32 seats in the first House of Representatives elected by universal suffrage, making Bustamante the unofficial government leader (as Minister for Communications) until the position of Chief Minister was created in 1953. He held this position until the JLP was defeated in 1955. In 1947 and 1948 he also served as mayor of Kingston.
Jamaica was granted independence in 1962 and Bustamante served as the independent country's first Prime Minister until 1967. In 1969, Bustamante was proclaimed a 'National Hero of Jamaica'.

Schlüsselwörter: Jamaica Arms Supporters William Alexander Clarke Bustamante National Hero

Jamaica, 1996 AD., Elizabeth II, 1 Dollar, KM 164.

Jamaica, Elizabeth II, 1996 AD.,
1 Dollar (18,5 mm / 2,89 g), 7-sided, nickel-plated steel, 2,90 g. (?) theor. mint weight, mintage ? , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: JAMAICA ONE DOLLAR 1996 / OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE , national arms with supporters, motto on ribbon below.
Rev.: THE RT. EXCELLENT SIR ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE / NATIONAL HERO , his bust facing.
KM 164 .

Year / Mintage
1994 / ?
1995 / ?
1995 / ? (proof)
1996 / ?
1999 / ?
2000 / ?
2000 / ? (proof)
2002 / ? (proof)
2003 / ?
2005 / ?
2006 / ?
2008 / ?

Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica (24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader.
He was born as William Alexander Clarke to an Irish Roman Catholic planter, Robert Constantine Clarke, and wife Mary née Wilson, who was of mixed race. He claimed that he took the name Bustamante to honour an Iberian sea captain who befriended him in his youth.
After travelling the world, including working as a policeman in Cuba and as a dietician in a New York City hospital, he returned to Jamaica in 1932 and became a leader of the struggle against colonial rule. He first brought himself to public attention as a writer of letters to the Daily Gleaner newspaper; in 1937 he became treasurer of the Jamaica Workers' Union which had been founded by labour activist Allan G.S. Coombs. During the 1938 labour rebellion he quickly became identified as the spokesman for striking workers. Coombs' JWU became the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) after the revolt, and Bustamante became known as "The Chief".
He was imprisoned for subversive activities in 1940. However, the anti-colonial effort resulted in the granting of universal suffrage to Jamaica. He was released from prison in 1943 and founded the Jamaica Labour Party the same year, having previously been a member of the party founded by his cousin, Norman Manley, the People's National Party (founded 1938). Bustamante's party won 22 of 32 seats in the first House of Representatives elected by universal suffrage, making Bustamante the unofficial government leader (as Minister for Communications) until the position of Chief Minister was created in 1953. He held this position until the JLP was defeated in 1955. In 1947 and 1948 he also served as mayor of Kingston.
Jamaica was granted independence in 1962 and Bustamante served as the independent country's first Prime Minister until 1967. In 1969, Bustamante was proclaimed a 'National Hero of Jamaica'.

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