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1 Cent Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a finely detailed botanical depiction of an ackee plant spray, showing the national fruit of Jamaica with its characteristic lobed fruit pods, seeds, and radiating leaves rendered in high relief against a mirror-like proof field. The numeral 1 appears below the central motif, serving as the denomination indicator. The circular legend LET US PRODUCE MORE FOOD arcs around the upper periphery, while the inscription ONE CENT is positioned along the lower rim, flanked by two raised dots as decorative separators. |
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| Reverse lettering | LET US PRODUCE MORE FOOD 1 ONE CENT |
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Jamaica's aluminium cent coinage of this period was a direct response to the island's chronic foreign exchange shortages under the Seaga government — metal costs for the previous bronze composition had become difficult to sustain. The shift to aluminium kept small-denomination production economically viable at a moment when the Jamaican dollar was under severe pressure from IMF structural adjustment conditions.
KM#101 is a long-running type with modest collector demand. Most survivors come from mint sets rather than circulation, as the one-cent denomination had already become nearly worthless in daily transactions by the early 1980s.