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10 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Ceylon (1597-1972) |
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| Year | 1911-1917 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped and crowned effigy of King George V, wearing a imperial crown and military uniform with decorations visible on the chest. The legend curves around the upper periphery reading GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA, with the effigy positioned centrally within a beaded border. The portrait, engraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal, presents a firm, naturalistic likeness of the king in the style standard to British colonial coinage of the era. |
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| Mint | Royal Mint, London |
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Ceylon's small silver fractionals of this period were struck at the Royal Mint in London, part of a broader Colonial Office arrangement that kept currency production centralized rather than in the hands of local administration. The .800 fineness — rather than the .925 sterling standard — reflected a deliberate policy applied to colonial subsidiary coinage to reduce bullion costs while maintaining the appearance of silver currency. When silver prices spiked during and after the First World War, even these reduced-fineness pieces became economically problematic, which effectively ended the series by 1917.