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1 Penny - Elizabeth II Jamaican Coinage
| Issuer | Jamaica |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#42, Schön#22 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the St. Edward's Crown, with hair elaborately dressed and falling in curls to the shoulder, after the portrait by Cecil Thomas. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND runs around the periphery, separated by the denticled border. |
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| Reverse description | The Arms of Jamaica displayed centrally, featuring a quartered shield charged with five pineapples, surmounted by a Jamaican crocodile atop a royal helm and mantling. The shield is supported on the dexter side by a female Taino figure holding a basket of fruit and on the sinister side by a male Taino warrior holding a spear and shield. A scroll below bears the motto OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE. The legend JAMAICA arcs across the top of the field, with the commemorative dates 1869 and 1969 flanking the shield at left and right respectively, and ONE PENNY curves along the lower periphery. |
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Jamaica decimalized its currency on September 8, 1969, abandoning the old pounds-shillings-pence system that had tied the island's coinage to British convention since the colonial period. This penny was part of that first decimal issue, though the denomination itself was retained in name — a deliberate concession to familiarity during the transition. The nickel brass alloy chosen distinguished the new coinage visually from the preceding bronze series.