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10 Cents - George VI with IND:IMP:
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1937-1947 |
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| Value | 10 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George VI occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair detail and a clean, unadorned portrait characteristic of the Paget design. The engraver's initials HP appear discreetly on the truncation of the neck. The circumferential legend reads GEORGIVS VI D:G: REX ET IND:IMP: in evenly spaced serif capitals, separated by raised dots. The legend is bounded on the outer rim by a continuous reeded border. The overall composition reflects the restrained neoclassical style adopted for Commonwealth coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP: (Translation: George VI, King and Emperor of India by the grace of God) |
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George VI's coinage presented an immediate bureaucratic problem: the standard imperial title included "IND:IMP:" — Emperor of India — a designation that became increasingly uncomfortable as Indian independence moved from political agitation to near-certainty. Canada struck dimes bearing that title through 1947, the same year the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act. The 1947 issue itself carries a small maple leaf after the date on some examples, a stopgap used when new dies omitting the imperial title weren't ready before striking had to resume for 1948.