Jamaica 1/2 Penny WTC Ground Zero Recovery 09-11-2001 GN1 认证号50488962, PCGS号961695

Jamaica Half Penny 9/11 WTC Ground Zero Recovery - Nickel Brass, 22.5mm. In 1960 the UK gave the Bank of Jamaica the sole right to mint coins and produce banknotes and in 1965 Jamaica contracted with the Royal Mint London, UK to produce 1.2 million business strike half-penny coins. The obverse is the standard British overseas protectorate design (used on British Honduras, Hong Kong, British West Indies, Fiji, Mauritius, and the Seychelles) featuring a crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right with "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND" lettering. The reverse depicts the Jamaica Coat of arms, "JAMAICA HALF PENNY" with supporters standing left and right, and the date. During the ground zero cleanup of the World Trade Center twin towers a large number of coins and precious metals were recovered from a vault under Building 4 managed by Iron Mountain and owned mostly by the COMEX futures exchange and the Bank of Nova Scotia. It is believed that approximately 100,00 of the Bank of Nova Scotia coins were sent to PCGS which began to evaluate, category, and holder many of the coins. The list of coins sent to PCGS is mostly 1990's and 200's bullion. However, approximately 100 Austrian gold Cronas minted in 1915 and an unknown number of Jamaica half-penny coins struck between 1950 and 1969. The Bank and PCGS wanted to prevent the coins’ sale from becoming value driven due to the sensitivity surrounding the event, so they eventually decided to not record population data for most of the coins.