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10 Cents - George VI
| Issuer | Mauritius |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '10' dominates the center field in large, bold relief. The legend 'MAURITIUS' arcs across the upper portion of the reverse, flanked by decorative rosette stops, while the written denomination 'TEN CENTS' and the date '1947' are arranged in a curve along the lower periphery, each element separated by raised dots. The overall design is clean and uncluttered, well-suited to the scalloped coin format. |
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The 1947 Mauritius coinage marks the final year of wartime-influenced production scheduling for the colony; copper-nickel had been suspended across many British dependencies during the war in favor of cheaper alloys, and its restoration here signals the broader post-war normalization of Crown Colony issues. George VI's health was deteriorating sharply by this point — he died in February 1952 — making the late 1940s issues a compressed final chapter for his colonial coinage across the empire.