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10 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1919-1928 |
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| Weight | 1.1664 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central denomination numeral '10' in large bold figures beneath a stylised palm tree motif, with the word CENTS inscribed below and the date flanked by two pellets in the exergue. The surrounding circular legend incorporates the issuer name CEYLON in Latin script at the top, flanked by the denomination rendered in Tamil script (௧௦ சதம்) to the left and Sinhala script (දහයයි) to the right, all separated by decorative dot stops. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Ceylon's 10-cent silver coinage of this period was produced at the Royal Mint in London, its fineness reduced from the earlier .800 standard as a direct response to the metal economics following the First World War. The .550 fineness adopted here was a compromise that kept the coin visually indistinguishable from its predecessor while quietly devaluing its intrinsic content.
The reduction went largely unnoticed in daily commerce on the island, where the rupee system had long since displaced any public habit of assessing silver by weight.