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27-Sept-2004 Note: due to the difficulty
of listing the different types and finding coins for all the photographs,
this page will be under construction for some time. I have made
it available now with partial information and will add more information
and photographs as I can. -- Franklin Campbell
After the death of King George V his son, who would have been
King Edward VIII, abdicated before the coronation. No coins were
minted using his portrait. His brother the Duke of York was crowned
King George VI in May 1937 and the first coin of India with his
effigy was minted in 1938.
After the price of silver started going up after the outbreak
of World War II in 1939, the practice of hoarding silver coins
became common. This led to reducing the use of silver in coins.
The 1940 1/4-Rupee, 1/2-Rupee and One Rupee coins were reduced
from 0.917 silver to 0.500 silver (there were a limited number
of 1939 Rupees minted in 0.500 silver). Though not listed by Krause,
D. Chakravarty reports 1940 1/4 Rupees exist in the earlier 0.917
silver version.
There are many interesting varieties in the King George VI series,
which I'll try to sort out below. It will take some time to document
all the varieties since my reference collection is missing many
of them.
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