20 Dollars - Jamaica
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Description
The dollar has been the currency of Jamaica since 1969. It is often abbreviated "J$", the J serving to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents. The earliest money in Jamaica was Spanish copper coins called maravedÃes. This relates to the fact that for nearly four hundred years Spanish dollars, known as pieces of eight were in widespread use on the world's trading routes, including the Caribbean Sea region. However, following the revolutionary wars in Latin America, the source of these silver trade coins dried up. The last Spanish dollar was minted at the Potosà mint in 1825. The United Kingdom had adopted a very successful gold standard in 1821, so 1825 was an opportune time to introduce the British sterling coinage into all the British colonies.
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Special Instructions
Donated by Mike Basoco
A Service Club in the Irving area serving since 1957. We have about 40 members and meet weekly at Noon on Wednesday at the Golden Corral Restaurant-1701 N Beltline Rd Irving, TX 75060
The Irving Noon-Day Lions conduct several Vision Clinics during the IISD school year. Students are referrd byn their school nurses through the Head Nurse's Office and come to the Irving YMCA to be screened by an Optomitrist on the Lions Sight & Tissue Foundation Vision Van (a 40 foot Blue Bird equipped with 2 doctor stations and other screening equipment). They pick out a frame and the glasses are then delivered to the school in 3-4 weeks. This provides them with better vision in the classroom which has been shown to improve performance.
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
INDLC partners with the Irving Schools Foundation to annually offer a $1,000 scholarship to one student from each of the 4 High Schools in the Irving ISD. The students are selected based on acedemic performance, community service and monetary need.
The proceeds of this auction on any items donated by Irving Noonday Lions will go toward Canine Companions. LPCCI https://www.lpcci.com/
Lions Project for Canine Companions for Independence