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1 Rupee - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1954-1974 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1954 - Proof - 1954 - Royal Mint - 150,000 1960 - Proof - 1960 - Royal Mint - 60,000 1966 - Royal Mint - 45,000 1967 - Royal Mint - 10,000 1968 - Royal Mint - 40,000 1969 - London Mint; Proof - 1969 - Royal Mint - 50,000 1970 - Royal Mint - 50,000 1971 - Royal Mint - 100,000 1972 - Royal Mint - 120,000 1974 - Royal Mint - 100,000 |
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The transition from silver to copper-nickel for this denomination had already occurred under George VI, so by the time Elizabeth II's portrait replaced her father's, the coin was simply updated rather than redesigned from scratch. This first portrait — the young-queen effigy by Mary Gillick — was used across dozens of Commonwealth territories simultaneously, making it one of the most widely reproduced coin portraits of the twentieth century.
The issuing territory and near-identical span of dates to several neighboring Commonwealth rupee series makes attribution occasionally contentious without the reverse in hand.