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2 Annas - George VI
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1946-1947 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of King George VI facing left, wearing the Imperial State Crown, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The truncation of the bust is unadorned. A beaded inner border frames the design, with decorative foliate sprigs at the lower corners of the square flan. The Latin legend GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR runs around the periphery, divided by the portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic/Bengali/Devanagari/Telugu |
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The 1946–47 two annas was among the last issues struck for British India before Partition, produced as the subcontinent hurtled toward independence and division. The Government of India's coin production during these final years was complicated by post-war metal shortages and the broader administrative paralysis of a bureaucracy simultaneously planning its own dissolution.
Copper-nickel had only replaced the earlier nickel alloy in Indian subsidiary coinage from 1946 onward — this type caught right at the transition.