May 26, 2009 0
Today In Jamaica’s News History – Jamaica Gets New 20-Cent Coin
May 26, 1969 – Jamaica is decimalising its currency; the Bank of Jamaica releases the new 20-cent coin. It is the same size and weight of the previous two-shilling coin and can be used to purchase the same amount of goods and services as this previous coin. C-Day or Conversion Day, when the decimal system becomes fully operational, is September 8, 1969.