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Detailed information about coin type: Shilling Lion on Crown (Second Design) from United Kingdom:
| Description | Composition: 0.500 silver (0.0903 oz ASW). |
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
| Sub-type of | Shilling | Sub-types | |
| Face value | 1 (x Shilling) | ||
| Years produced | 1927 - 1936 | Current | No (demonetised 1990) |
| Material | 0.500 Silver | Designer | George Kruger Gray |
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round |
| Size (mm) | 23.5000 | Thickness (mm) | |
| Mass (g) | 5.6600 | ||
| Obverse | Bare head of King George V facing left; below on neck truncation in small letters, B.M. (Bertram MacKennal); around, GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX | ||
| Reverse | Crowned lion to left, head facing, standing on crown; around, FID: DEF: IND: IMP: ONE SHILLING and the date (FID: DEF: IND: IMP: is part of the monarch's legend - the other part being on the obverse; it is abbreviated from FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR and means "Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India). Above the lion's tail in small letters, the artist's initials KG (for George Kruger Gray). "Fourth coinage", design differs from that of "Old type" shillings of 1902 - 1927. |
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| Reverse inscription | FID: DEF: IND: IMP: ONE SHILLING [year] | ||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None |
Proof Coin - Shilling, George V, Great Britain, 1928 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
Proof Coin - Shilling, George V, Great Britain, 1928 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
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