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25 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Ceylon (1597-1972) |
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| Year | 1919-1926 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing crowned effigy of King George V, depicted in robes with decorations, engraved in the style of Edgar Bertram MacKennal. The king wears an imperial state crown with arched top and jewelled band. A beaded border frames the design. The circular legend reads GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA., interrupted by a small mint mark dot at the base of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a stylised palm tree rising between the large numerals '25', with the word CENTS below and the date in the exergue area. Trilingual legends encircle the field, rendered in Tamil and Sinhala scripts to the left and right respectively, with CEYLON appearing at the top in Latin script. The overall composition is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1919 B - - 1,400,000 1919 B - Proof - 1920 B - - 1,600,000 1920 B - Proof - 1921 B - - 600,000 1921 B - Proof - 1922 - - 1,211,000 1922 - Proof - 1925 - - 1,004,000 1925 - Proof - 1926 - - 1,000,000 1926 - Proof - |
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