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5 Dollars Norman W. Manley, silver, small type
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1980-1993 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield bearing five golden pineapples on a black cross, supported on the dexter side by a female Taino figure holding a basket of fruit and on the sinister side by a male Taino figure holding a spear. A crocodile passant surmounts the wreath-encircled helm as the crest. A ribbon below the shield bears the national motto OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE. The country name JAMAICA arcs along the upper legend, while the denomination FIVE DOLLARS and the date appear along the lower portion of the field, with the Franklin Mint mintmark visible in the lower center. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Norman Manley — barrister, national hero, and founder of the People's National Party — died in 1969, more than a decade before this coin entered production. Jamaica had commemorated independence and its early leaders enthusiastically through the 1970s, but the shift to .500 fine silver for circulating commemoratives reflected the island's tightening fiscal position as the Manley-era economic reforms and IMF negotiations squeezed government finances through the early 1980s.
The KM#85.1a and 85.2 distinction separates die varieties produced across a thirteen-year span — an unusually long run for a single commemorative type.