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| Issuer | India - British |
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| Year | 1939-1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of King George VI facing left, engraved by Percy Metcalfe, with the Imperial State Crown prominently rendered in fine relief above the king's bare neck and shoulders. The portrait is set within a beaded inner border, surrounded by decorative foliate sprays at the corners of the square flan. The Latin legend 'GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR' arcs around the upper field, following the curvature of the beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic/Bengali/Devanagari/Telugu |
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| Mintage | 1939 - Calcutta - 4,148,000 1939 • - Bombay - 3,392,309 1940 - Calcutta - 1940 • - Bombay - |
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