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5 Dollars Norman W. Manley
| Issuer | Jamaica |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A large, finely modelled front-facing bust portrait of Norman W. Manley fills the centre of the field, rendered in high relief with careful attention to facial detail including his suit and tie. The surrounding legend arcs around the upper and lateral portions of the coin, identifying the subject as Premier of Jamaica and citing his term of office. The design is framed by a beaded border and the flat, mirror-like fields characteristic of proof-quality coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Norman Washington Manley, the Jamaican barrister and nationalist who founded the People's National Party in 1938, died in September 1969 — and this issue was struck two years later as part of Jamaica's early commemorative silver program following independence in 1962. The series gave the new nation an opportunity to define its own pantheon of founding figures on high-denomination coinage, a politically deliberate choice in the first decade of self-governance.
The .925 silver and substantial weight place this firmly in proof and collector territory; it was never intended for circulation.