into 100 cents (1 cent thus being equal to exactly 11⁄5d). At the time, coins of 1 cent (11⁄5d), 5 cents (6d), 10 cents (1/–), 20 cents (2/–) and 25 cents (2/6) were produced and banknotes of 50 cents (5/–), $1 (10/–), $2 (£1), and $10 (£5). These coins and banknotes went into circulation on September 8, 1969. The new Jamaican dollar (and the Cayman Islands dollar) differed from all the other dollars in the British West Indies in that it was essentially a ten shilling sterling unit, similar to the way decimalisation was carried out in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; the other dollars in the West Indies either began on the US dollar unit or the Spanish dollar unit. References Currencies of the British Empire Currencies of the Commonwealth of Nations Currencies of Jamaica History of Jamaica Modern obsolete currencies 1840 establishments in the British Empire 1969 disestablishments in Jamaica Economy of Jamaica Colony of Jamaica