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5 Cents Wide legend, non-magnetic
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1969-1989 |
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| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 JMD) |
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| Obverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield bearing five pineapples, supported by a male Taino figure to the right and an armoured female figure to the left, each depicted in full standing posture. A crocodile passant surmounts the shield as crest, resting upon a royal helmet with mantling. A scroll below the shield carries the national motto in the legend OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE. The country name JAMAICA arcs across the upper field in a wide spaced legend, and the date appears in the lower field, all within a toothed border. |
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| Mintage | 1969 - - 12,008,000 1969 - Proof - 30,000 1970 - Franklin Mint; Matte - 5,000 1970 - Franklin Mint; Proof - 12,000 1972 - - 6,000,000 1975 - - 6,010,000 1977 - - 2,400,000 1978 - - 2,000,000 1980 - - 2,272,000 1981 - - 2,001,000 1982 - - 2,000,000 1983 - - 992,000 1984 - - 3,508,000 1985 - - 4,760,000 1985 - Proof - 1986 - - 14,504,000 1987 - - 13,166,000 1987 - Proof - 1988 - - 9,780,000 1988 - Proof - 1989 - - 20,000,000 1989 - Proof - |
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Jamaica decimalized its currency on September 8, 1969, replacing the colonial pound-shilling system with dollars and cents. The wide legend variety of this type is distinguished from the later narrow legend reworking by the spacing of the rim inscription — a die modification introduced at the Royal Mint that collectors now use to sequence the series. The non-magnetic copper-nickel composition was eventually abandoned in favor of a steel-core planchet, which is why the magnetic attribution matters for type collectors separating early from late production.