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Thursday 11 August 2011

King George VI 1939 1/2 pice coin


            King George VI in May 1937 and the first coin of India with his effigy was minted in 1938.The king is without a beard.It is a bronze coin of King George VI series all the inscriptions are in english.It is a Bronze coin of 1939.Due to out break of 2nd world war was during his rule, cost of all metals used in coins such as gold, silver and copper increased very much even metallic cover was used from spent bullets and shells of 2nd world war to mint some coins so the size of coins reduced and to save the copper, coins were issued with a hole

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