5 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

Features

Issuer	Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territories)
Issuing entity	Cayman Islands Currency Board
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1972-1986
Value	5 Cents 0.05 KYD = USD 0.06
Currency	Dollar (1972-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	2.2 g
Diameter	18 mm
Thickness	1.22 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 7585
References	KM# 2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Y# 2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

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Obverse

Second crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAYMAN ISLANDS ELIZABETH II
1972

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

Cayman Crayfish and value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
SD

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa, Canada (1908-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
(FM)	Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)

Comments

Of the circulation coins dated 1972, 300,000 were minted in 1971 and 200,000 were minted in 1973.

Present in sets

1976 Cayman Islands Proof Set

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1972	300 000		$ 0.09	$ 0.12	$ 0.22	$ 0.61	$ 0.62	$ 2.00	British Royal Mint	29%
1972	11 252							$ 0.38	Proof, Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa	4%
1973	200 000								not released for circulation	2%
1973	9 988							$ 0.79	Proof	4%
1974	15 387							$ 1.70	Proof, Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa	6%
1975	7 175							$ 1.60	Proof	4%
1976	3 044							$ 1.90	Proof	2%
1977	1 980								Proof	1.1%
1977	600 000	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.64	Royal British Mint	30%
1979 FM	4 247							$ 2.40	Proof	2%
1980 FM									Proof	0.9%
1981 FM									Proof	0.5%
1982				$ 0.15	$ 0.23	$ 0.30	$ 0.32	$ 0.92		43%
1982 FM									Proof	2.0%
1983 FM									Proof	0.3%
1984 FM									Proof	0.3%
1986	1 000									0.6%

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