Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
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Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Jamaica's farthing coinage of this period was a direct consequence of the island's post-emancipation economy struggling to handle small retail transactions. The Colonial Office authorized the issue largely to address the chronic shortage of low-denomination coins in the local market, where worn foreign copper and improvised tokens had been filling the gap for decades. The Royal Mint struck these pieces in copper-nickel rather than bronze — a relatively early adoption of that alloy for British colonial issues.
Jamaica's farthing coinage of this period was a direct consequence of the island's post-emancipation economy struggling to handle small retail transactions. The Colonial Office authorized the issue largely to address the chronic shortage of low-denomination coins in the local market, where worn foreign copper and improvised tokens had been filling the gap for decades. The Royal Mint struck these pieces in copper-nickel rather than bronze — a relatively early adoption of that alloy for British colonial issues.