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 (85 volumes). , Schön# 24 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes). , Y# 30 Whitman Publishing (publisher). A Catalog of Modern World Coins. Whitman Publishing (3 volumes).

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	$ 0.16	$ 0.21	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.47	$ 0.53		49%
1969	30 000							$ 0.74	Proof	1.4%
1970	5 000								Franklin Mint; Matte	0.6%
1970	12 000							$ 1.10	Franklin Mint; Proof	1.4%
1972	6 000 000			$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.52				21%
1975	6 010 000			$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.30	$ 1.00		17%
1977	2 400 000				$ 0.27	$ 0.27				8%
1978	2 000 000				$ 0.24					6%
1980	2 272 000				$ 0.17	$ 0.62				4%
1981	2 001 000				$ 0.29					4%
1982	2 000 000				$ 0.10					5%
1983	992 000				$ 0.06	$ 0.10	$ 0.29			5%
1984	3 508 000				$ 0.21	$ 0.22				4%
1985	4 760 000									4%
1985									Proof	0.19%
1986	14 504 000		$ 0.08	$ 0.22	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.39	$ 0.64		15%
1987	13 166 000	$ 0.06			$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.47		15%
1987									Proof	0.5%
1988	9 780 000				$ 0.10					4%
1988									Proof	0.2%
1989	20 000 000		$ 0.13	$ 0.18	$ 0.21	$ 0.35	$ 0.68	$ 0.81		15%
1989									Proof	0.6%

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