5 Cents Wide legend; non-magnetic

Features

Issuer	Jamaica
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1969-1989
Value	5 Cents (0.05 JMD)
Currency	Dollar (1969-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	2.8 g
Diameter	19.4 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1995
Number	N# 1077
References	KM# 46 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 24 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , Y# 30 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

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Series: 1969 series

Obverse

Coat of arms of Jamaica.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
JAMAICA
1987
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE

Engraver: Christopher Ironside

Reverse

Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) to the left, head turned right, on a rock. Value below, toothed rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIVE CENTS
5

Engraver: Christopher Ironside

Edge

Milled

Mints

	Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1969	12 008 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.19	$ 0.21	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.48	$ 0.52		49%
1969	30 000							$ 1.70	Proof	1.3%
1970	5 000								Franklin Mint; Matte	0.6%
1970	12 000							$ 1.20	Franklin Mint; Proof	1.4%
1972	6 000 000			$ 0.13	$ 0.26	$ 0.53				21%
1975	6 010 000			$ 0.20	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.48	$ 1.10		17%
1977	2 400 000				$ 0.28	$ 0.28				8%
1978	2 000 000		$ 0.47	$ 0.47	$ 0.47					6%
1980	2 272 000				$ 0.17	$ 0.56				4%
1981	2 001 000				$ 0.29					4%
1982	2 000 000				$ 0.24	$ 0.28				5%
1983	992 000				$ 0.06	$ 0.10	$ 0.29			5%
1984	3 508 000				$ 0.21	$ 0.22				4%
1985	4 760 000						$ 0.51			4%
1985									Proof	0.17%
1986	14 504 000		$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.38	$ 0.50		15%
1987	13 166 000	$ 0.06			$ 0.26	$ 0.29	$ 0.62	$ 0.62		14%
1987									Proof	0.4%
1988	9 780 000				$ 0.10					4%
1988									Proof	0.2%
1989	20 000 000		$ 0.13	$ 0.19	$ 0.21	$ 0.36	$ 0.79	$ 0.82		15%
1989									Proof	0.6%

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