Cayman Islands 5-CENTS (KM2)¶
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Obverse Queen Elizabeth II
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Reverse PRAWN
- Composition
- Copper-Nickel
- Country
- Cayman Islands
- Approx. Size
- 18mm
- Area
- Caribbean
- Animal Class
- Arthropods
- Species
- Prawn
- KM#
- 2
The prawn appeared on the first coinage issue in 1972. The same reverse design also appears on KM#27, 88, 88a, 132.
Learn more about prawns HERE.
Cayman Islands¶
- Area
- Caribbean
The Cayman Islands are comprised of three islands -- Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac -- about 290 km north-west of Jamaica. The islands have been under British control since 1670, but achieved a form of self-government in 1972, when the islands first coinage was issued.
