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10 Dollars Small Indian mongoose, copper-nickel
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Weight | 22.68 g |
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| Obverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield charged with five pineapples and a crocodile crest above a royal helmet and mantling. Two Taino figures serve as supporters on either side of the shield, each depicted in traditional dress. A scroll banner beneath the shield bears the national motto. The legend JAMAICA arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while TEN DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower arc, with the Franklin Mint mark FM present in the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Jamaica introduced the small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) in 1872 to control rat populations devastating the sugarcane crop. The experiment backfired catastrophically — the mongoose, being diurnal, rarely encountered the nocturnal rats and instead decimated ground-nesting birds, lizards, and snake populations across the island. By the 1980s it was firmly established as one of the most ecologically destructive invasive species in Caribbean history, an irony the coin's issuing authority apparently found commemorable.