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1 Shilling - George VI English crest, with 'IND:IMP'
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1937-1946 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#853, Sp#4082 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "IND:IMP" abbreviation — for Indiae Imperator, Emperor of India — disappeared from British coinage after 1948, when Indian independence forced its removal. This shilling type therefore marks the last decade in which that title appeared on circulating British silver, a distinction that ended not by gradual reform but by the abrupt political fact of Partition.
The .500 fine silver standard had already been halved from the pre-1920 .925 specification, a direct consequence of WWI debt and silver market pressures. By 1947, even this debased silver coinage was becoming economically untenable, and the follow-on cupro-nickel shillings arrived in 1947.