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5 Cents - George VI w/o IND:IMP:
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1948-1950 |
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| Composition | Nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA REX (Translation: George VI King by the grace of God) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The removal of IND:IMP — Indiae Imperator, Emperor of India — from the royal title followed Indian independence in August 1947. The Royal Canadian Mint had already struck its 1948 dies using the old obverse, and rather than scrap production, it overstruck IND:IMP dies with the updated legend, creating one of the more collectible varieties of the reign. Purpose-made 1948 dies arrived late, resulting in a mintage of just 1,810,789 pieces — the lowest five-cent figure since the early 1930s.