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2. Coins of British India - Wikipedia

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   All coins featured an uncrowned effigy of Edward VII by George William De Saules. This was a break from tradition, as only coins issued for use in the United Kingdom itself can show an uncrowned effigy, whereas colonies and Dominions could only use a crowned effigy of the King wearing the heraldic Tudor Crown, the Ermine Robe of State, and the ...

3. History of the British penny (1901–1970) - Wikipedia

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   King George's pennies were produced in the same alloy as before until 1922, but the following year the composition of bronze coins was set at 95.5 percent copper, 3 percent tin, and 1.5 percent zinc, although the weight remained at 1 ⁄ 3 ounce (9.4 g) and the diameter 1.2 inches (30 millimetres). This alloy was slightly more malleable; the ...

4. Ottawa Mint sovereign - Wikipedia

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   The Ottawa Mint sovereign is a British one pound coin (known as a sovereign) minted between 1908 and 1919 at the Ottawa Mint (known today as the Ottawa branch of the Royal Canadian Mint. This has augmented debate among Canadian numismatists because some view these pieces as Canadian while others view them as British and thus distinct from the ...

5. Crown (British coin) - Wikipedia

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   The coin had a mintage of just 8,000 and was produced to celebrate the Gothic revival. The King George V "wreath" crowns struck from 1927 through 1936 (excluding 1935 when the more common "rocking horse" crown was minted to commemorate the King's Silver Jubilee) depict a wreath on the reverse of the coin and were struck in very low numbers.

6. Coins of the Canadian dollar - Wikipedia

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   It is the rarest of the King George V series. The first Canadian silver $1 coin was issued as a commemorative coin in 1935 to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee. The portrait of the King on this coin was the same as that of the coins of several other countries. This coin also bears the famous coureur des bois design, which was designed ...

7. George V - Wikipedia

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   George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria , as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King ...