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5 Dollars Independence, copper-nickel
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms displayed centrally in the field, featuring the crowned shield with five golden pineapples, supported by a crocodile and an indigenous Taino figure, with a helmet and mantling above. The denomination '5$' appears within the design. The legend arcing around the upper periphery reads '21ST ANNIVERSARY • JAMAICA • INDEPENDENCE' with the dates '1962' and '1983' flanking the arms, and the national motto 'OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE' inscribed below. The Franklin Mint initials 'FM' appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Jamaica's 1983 coinage is inseparable from the political crisis surrounding it. Prime Minister Edward Seaga called a snap election in December 1983, exploiting a constitutional technicality before the electoral rolls could be updated — the opposition People's National Party boycotted entirely, leaving the Jamaica Labour Party to win all 60 parliamentary seats unopposed. The coins dated 1983 were issued into an economy under severe IMF-mandated austerity, with the Jamaican dollar having lost roughly half its value against the US dollar in the preceding two years.