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* [[Jamaica 1978 25 dollars|1978 25 dollars, 25th anniversary of queen Elizabeth's coronation]] | * [[Jamaica 1978 25 dollars|1978 25 dollars, 25th anniversary of queen Elizabeth's coronation]] | ||
* [[Jamaica 1978 250 dollars|1978 250 dollars, 25th anniversary of queen Elizabeth's coronation]] | * [[Jamaica 1978 250 dollars|1978 250 dollars, 25th anniversary of queen Elizabeth's coronation]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1978]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1978]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Jamaica]] | * return to coins of [[Jamaica]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:51, 21 August 2021
This specimen was lot 72057 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAMAICA. 5 Cents, 1978. PCGS SPECIMEN-68 Gold Shield. Variety with wide legend letters. An incredibly brilliant, nearly flawless specimen, this minor offers exceptionally glossy and dazzling surfaces, and is tied with just one other at this ultimate grade in the PCGS census. Ex: Kings Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck by the Royal Mint for Jamaica in 1969-72, 1975-89. The Franklin mint also produced this denomination with narrow letters (KM 53) in 1971-84.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 2.83 g, copper-nickel, 19.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-46.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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