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25 Cents Narrow legend, set issue
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1971-1984 |
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| Value | 25 Cents (0.25 JMD) |
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| Obverse description | The full Coat of Arms of Jamaica occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield charged with five golden pineapples on a black cross, supported on the dexter by a Taino woman holding a basket of fruit and on the sinister by a Taino man bearing a spear. Above the shield rests a helmet with mantling and a crest depicting an American crocodile in profile. A scroll below the supporters bears the national motto 'OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE' in raised Latin lettering. The country name 'JAMAICA' arcs along the upper legend, the date appears at the base, and the Franklin Mint mark is positioned just below the scroll. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Jamaica's decimal coinage was introduced in 1969 when the country replaced the pound with the dollar, and these 25-cent pieces formed part of that first generation of national currency. The "narrow legend" designation distinguishes this issue from a later modified hub, a distinction that matters to variety collectors but was invisible to everyday users.
KM#56 ran across thirteen years of production — a span that included two IMF stabilization crises and the violent political turbulence of the 1970s under Manley's government, years when coin hoarding was common enough to affect availability of circulating change.