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1 Rupee - George VI Sterling Proof Issue
| Issuer | India - British |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Weight | 11.66 g |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing uncrowned effigy of King George VI wearing an imperial state crown, rendered in high relief with fine proof surface detail. The truncation of the bust is plain and unadorned. The encircling legend reads GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, positioned along the upper and lower periphery within a beaded border. The portrait is executed in the restrained academic style characteristic of Percy Metcalfe's Royal Mint work. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 1940 proof rupee sits at an awkward moment in Indian monetary history: within two years, wartime silver shortages would force the British to abandon sterling silver for the rupee entirely, switching to a debased .500 fineness in 1942. This piece was struck just before that threshold, making it one of the last proof rupees produced to the old colonial silver standard that had defined the coin since the nineteenth century.