I just got this from an old retailer I used to go to and saw it - the pictures do not do the deep strike and wonderful lustre well enough but thought I'd share:
Very nice! I have one from a years later. BRITISH JAMAICA Time of Victoria, 1837-1901 CU Penny (30.1mm, 9.40g, 12h) Dated 1895. Royal mint, London, UK Obverse: Crowned bust of Queen Victoria left within beaded circle, L C WYON (engraver) below bust; VICTORIA QUEEN above, * 1895 * below Reverse: Coat of arms of Jamaica within beaded circle, JAMAICA above, * ONE PENNY * below References: Numista 14273 Mintage: 36,000 Formerly in NGC encapsulation, graded AU details. From the Globus Collection. The Caribbean island of Jamaica was one of Britain’s oldest colonial possessions. Taken from the Spanish in 1655 under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, the island, already a valuable resource for its productive sugar plantations, soon became a haven for English privateers and pirates – including the famous Henry Morgan, who made the city of Port Royal his base of operations and eventually became lieutenant-governor of the island. Over the following centuries, despite several rebellions and attempts by both the Spanish and the French to capture it, Jamaica continued to be an extremely valuable colony for Britain, exporting both sugar and later bananas. The island was granted independence in 1962, after more than three hundred years of British rule.
Those tiny mintages (24,000) can really suck you in. I can only imagine the difficulty of assembling a VF and better set of these. The '93 should be among the toughest, I imagine.
As I mentioned in another thread, I really like those Jamaican Vickies, but do not have any. Would love a proof someday, maybe.
Yes, beautiful in proof. The first year 1869 shows up with some frequency. I have a few of the years in uncirculated: 1869, 1871, 1882, 1884, 1891, 1893 and 1895 (plus the latter coins) - the 1895 graded MS 65+ and is really a knockout. In the later years, the George V 1914 is very scarce in unc, and they downsized to a smaller format gradually. Nice series though, much less demand for the halfpenny and farthing coins..
