Jamaica 1 cent - what is it?

Numista says this coin has a 7,982 mintage, was a ‘set only’ issue and was minted by the Franklin mint. I’m a little lost.

help?

 

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I think the one you have is KM#51. Issued as Matte or proof finish. Not part of the set only issue. The Franklin Mint was a private mint who struck coins for a number of Countries.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7363.html

 

It helps (and saves coins) if you flatten all the staples.

 

Yep, what @expat said.

 

The Franklin Mint is still in business.

 

Coin production is way down it's priority list these days though, which is a shame because I have quite a collection of Sterling Silver Proofs from a number of Countries.
This is an excerpt of their recent history
The Franklin Mint is a private mint founded by Joseph Segel in 1964 in Wawa, Pennsylvania. The building is in Middletown Township. The brand name was previously owned by Sequential Brands Group headquartered in New York City, New York. It is currently owned by Retail Ecommerce Ventures.
The Franklin Mint brand was purchased in November 2013 by Sequential Brands Group. It was later acquired by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) in July 2020, a holding company that was founded by former NASA scientist Alex Mehr and his business partner, serial entrepreneur Tai Lopez.

 

All I know is it’s a cent from Jamaica that was minted in 1972. It looks BU.

 

This is, to the best of numismatic knowledge, correct. It is from a mint set.

 

I was shocked by the less than 8k minted. Thought maybe it was a mistake.

 

So in my simple mind, the piece I have is NOT proof, therefor it’s a Matte example?

 

Looks BU to me as well. Here is my proof from 1973. Some hazing on the dcsm reverse I need to take care of.
Edit: looking at Krause the OPs
'72 seems to be a matte unless the lighting is washing out the mirrors...

 

Not to sound too authoritative, but it most certainly is. I actually love the simplicity of the reverse design - almost reflecting the wren on the old farthing.....

 

That seems high for a Franklin Mint set, or at least normal.

 

T, a bit typical for 70s mint sets as it was the 80s that saw mintages plummet.