issued a note dated 1 January 2014 on the "Hybrid" substrate. The note features an image of the Jamaican Swallowtail, the largest butterfly in the western hemisphere which is also endemic to Jamaica. Use outside Jamaica The Jamaican dollar was used not only by Jamaica, but also by the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands, former dependencies of Jamaica, until 1972 and 1973 respectively. In 1972, the Cayman Islands stopped using the Jamaican dollar and adopted its own currency, the Cayman Islands dollar, while in 1973 the Turks and Caicos Islands replaced the Jamaican dollar as legal tender with the United States dollar legal tender. Half Pounds In adopting the Jamaican dollar, Jamaica followed the pattern of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand in that when it adopted the decimal system, it decided to use the half pound unit as opposed to the pound unit of account. The choice of the name dollar was motivated by the fact that the reduced value of the new unit corresponded more closely to the value of the US dollar than it did to pound sterling. See also Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean Economy of Jamaica References External links Bank of Jamaica History of Jamaican Currency Bank of Jamaica Banknotes Bank of Jamaica Coins Circulating currencies Currencies of the Caribbean Currencies of the Commonwealth of Nations Dollar Economy of Jamaica Currencies introduced in 1969 Currencies of Jamaica