Jamaica
Royal family's visit to Jamaica in 1983 1983 Proof Silver 10 Dollars
38.61mm (23.30 grams) 0.925 Silver (0.6676 oz. ASW) Reference: KM#
111, Schön# 67 Certification:
NGC PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO 2863150-004 JAMAICA 1983 OUT
OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE, Coat-of-Arms of Jamaica at centre.
ROYAL STATE VISIT TEN DOLLARS, Conjoined busts of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Phillip facing left. Small shields at left and right.
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Jamaica
is an island country situated in the Caribbean
Sea. Spanning 10,990 square kilometres
(4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest
island of the Greater Antilles and the
fourth-largest island country in the Caribbean.
Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south
of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of
Hispaniola (the island containing the countries
of Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Previously inhabited by the indigenous Arawak
and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish
rule following the arrival of Christopher
Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people
died of disease, and the Spanish transplanted
African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The
island remained a possession of Spain until
1655, when England (later Great Britain)
conquered it and renamed it Jamaica. Under
British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading
sugar exporter, with its plantation economy
highly dependent on African slaves. The British
fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many
freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather
than to work on plantations. Beginning in the
1840s, the British utilized Chinese and Indian
indentured labour to work on plantations. The
island achieved independence from the United
Kingdom on 6 August 1962. With
2.9 million people, Jamaica is the third-most
populous Anglophone country in the Americas
(after the United States and Canada), and the
fourth-most populous country in the Caribbean.
Kingston is the country's capital and largest
city, with a population of 937,700. Jamaicans
mainly have African ancestry, with significant
European, Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, and
mixed-race minorities. Due to a high rate of
emigration for work since the 1960s, Jamaica has
a large diaspora around the world, particularly
in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm,
with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and head
of state. Her appointed representative in the
country is the Governor-General of Jamaica, an
office held by Sir Patrick Allen since 2009.
Andrew Holness has served as the head of
government and Prime Minister of Jamaica from
March 2016. Jamaica is a parliamentary
constitutional monarchy with legislative power
vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica,
consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly
elected House of Representatives.
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