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1 Penny - George VI Without 'King and Emperor'
| Issuer | Jamaica |
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| Year | 1950-1952 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, crowned effigy of King George VI facing left, modelled by Percy Metcalfe, with the engraver's initials 'PM' visible below the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a smooth field, with the king depicted wearing the Tudor Crown. The peripheral legend reads KING GEORGE THE SIXTH, disposed around the upper arc, with a toothed border encircling the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | KING GEORGE THE SIXTH PM |
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The removal of "Emperor of India" from George VI's royal titles followed Indian and Pakistani independence in 1947, forcing a wholesale redesign of British colonial coinage across dozens of territories. Jamaica's penny was updated accordingly, with the abbreviated title appearing on issues from 1950 onward. The king died in February 1952, making that year's Jamaican pennies among the last coins struck in his name for this territory.