RARE 1880 British Jamaica Farthing - Low Mintage, Only 192,000 Minted - VG Grade -

Issuer Jamaica
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1880-1900
Value 1 Farthing (1⁄960)
Currency Pound (1822-1969)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 2.8 g
Diameter 20.2 mm
Thickness 1.13 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled

The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was primarily used for sugarcane production, and experienced many slave rebellions over the course of British rule. Jamaica was granted independence in 1962