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25 Cents - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1951-1962 |
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| Composition | Nickel brass |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 19 51 25 CENTS ශත විසිපහ ௨௫ சதம் CEYLON |
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Ceylon's transition from silver to nickel-brass coinage in the smaller denominations came in the early 1950s as global silver prices made the old alloy economically untenable for circulation pieces. This 25-cent type continued well past George VI's death in February 1952, with the same obverse dies used through a transitional period before Elizabeth II coinage was introduced — meaning examples dated after 1952 are a quiet anachronism, struck under a king already dead.