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2 1/2 Shillings - George VI 2 1/2 Shillings, IMPERATOR
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1937-1947 |
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| Value | 21/2 Shillings (1/8) |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS VI REX IMPERATOR HP |
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| Reverse lettering | SOUTH·AFRICA SUID·AFRIKA 19 37 K G 2 1/2 SHILLINGS |
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South Africa's 2½ Shillings denomination was a direct inheritance from the pre-Union coinage structure, an awkward fraction that persisted largely because it equaled one-eighth of a pound sterling and thus kept the arithmetic of trade tidy. George VI's accession in December 1936 — following his brother's abdication — triggered a rapid redesign of all Commonwealth coinage, and South African dies were prepared under considerable time pressure for the 1937 issue.
The IMPERATOR title on these coins was dropped after 1948, when Indian independence made "Emperor of India" untenable. The 1947 date is consequently the last for this title across all South African silver.