Information about effigy: King George VI - Crowned Head, by Percy Metcalfe
King George VI - Crowned Head, by Percy Metcalfe
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This effigy by Percy Metcalfe was used on the coins of some British colonies and Commonwealth countries but not in the United Kingdom itself. Interestingly, the King is shown wearing the Tudor Crown - which was destroyed in the 1640s. |
King George VI - Crowned Head, by Percy Metcalfe - showing 82 of 82 coins
| Coin Name | Reverse | Obverse | Details |
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| One Cent 1937 |  |
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Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 80,000 |
| Shilling 1937 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Sixpence 1937 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Florin 1937 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 30,000 |
| One Shilling 1938 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 57,806,287 |
| Threepence 1938 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 9,056,000 - Birmingham Mint: 7,000,000 Total Mintage: 16,056,000 |
| Sixpence 1938 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 12,114,473 |
| Two Shillings 1938 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: unknown - King's Norton Metal Co.: unknown Total Mintage: 59,852,000 |
| Shilling 1938 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Sixpence 1938 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Florin 1938 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 20,000 |
| One Cent 1939 |  |
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Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 50,000 |
| Ten Cents 1939 |  |
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Material: 0.925 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 20,000 |
| Five Cents 1939 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 20,000 |
| Threepence 1939 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mints: - Birmingham Mint: 17,500,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 15,500,000 Total Mintage: 33,000,000 |
| One Shilling 1939 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 55,471,675 |
| Two Shillings 1939 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: unknown - King's Norton Metal Co.: unknown Total Mintage: 12,000,000 |
| Sixpence 1940 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 17,829,069 |
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| Threepence 1940 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 10,000,000 - Birmingham Mint: 1,496,000 Total Mintage: 11,496,000 |
| One Shilling 1940 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,311,060 |
| Sixpence 1940 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Threepence 1941 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mint: Birmingham Mint Mintage: 5,032,000 |
| Shilling 1941 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Florin 1941 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 20,000 |
| Sixpence 1941 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| Ten Cents 1942 |
Material: 0.925 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 10,000 |
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| One Cent 1942 |
Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 50,000 |
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| Five Cents 1942 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 30,000 |
| Sixpence 1942 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 1,600,000 |
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| Two Shillings 1942 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: King's Norton Metal Co. Mintage: 10,000,000 |
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| One Shilling 1942 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 42,000,000 |
| Florin 1942 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: San Francisco Mint Mintage: 250,000 |
| Shilling 1942 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: United States Mint, San Francisco Mintage: 500,000 |
| Sixpence 1942 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: San Francisco Mint Mintage: 400,000 |
| Five Cents 1943 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
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| Ten Cents 1943 |
Material: 0.925 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 20,000 |
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| One Cent 1943 |
Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
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| One Shilling 1943 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 133,600,000 |
| Threepence 1943 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 9,502,000 - Birmingham Mint: 5,106,000 Total Mintage: 14,608,000 |
| Sixpence 1943 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 10,586,000 |
| Florin 1943 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: San Francisco Mint Mintage: 250,000 |
| Shilling 1943 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: United States Mint, San Francisco Mintage: 500,000 |
| Sixpence 1943 |  |
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Material: 0.900 Silver Mint: San Francisco Mint Mintage: 400,000 |
| One Cent 1944 |  |
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Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
| Ten Cents 1944 |
Material: 0.925 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 30,000 |
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| Five Cents 1944 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
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| Sixpence 1944 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 1,814,000 |
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| Threepence 1944 |
Material: CuproNickel Mint: King's Norton Metal Co. Mintage: 2,536,000 |
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| Five Cents 1945 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 65,000 |
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| One Cent 1945 |
Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 130,000 |
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| One Shilling 1945 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: 12,864,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 11,120,000 - Royal Mint: 8,010,000 Total Mintage: 31,994,000 |
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| Sixpence 1945 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 4,000,000 |
| Threepence 1945 |
Material: CuproNickel Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 3,000,000 - Birmingham Mint: 998,000 Total Mintage: 3,998,000 |
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| Florin 1945 |  |
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Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
| Ten Cents 1946 |
Material: 0.925 Silver Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 10,000 |
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| Sixpence 1946 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 4,000,000 |
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| Two Shillings 1946 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: 11,242,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 4,800,000 Total Mintage: 16,042,000 |
| One Shilling 1946 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 37,349,770 |
| Threepence 1946 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mint: King's Norton Metal Co. Mintage: 7,488,000 |
| One Cent 1947 |
Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
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| Five Cents 1947 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
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| One Shilling 1947 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Royal Mint: 99,200,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 10,384,000 - Birmingham Mint: 10,000,000 Total Mintage: 119,584,000 |
| Two Shillings 1947 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: 4,758,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 4,200,000 Total Mintage: 8,958,000 |
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| Sixpence 1947 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 6,120,000 |
| Threepence 1947 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 11,248,000 - Birmingham Mint: 10,000,000 Total Mintage: 21,248,000 |
| Threepence 1947 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 450,000 |
| Five Cents 1949 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 40,000 |
| One Cent 1949 |  |
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Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
| One Shilling 1949 |  |
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Material: Tin Brass Mints: - Royal Mint: 70,000,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 10,016,000 - Birmingham Mint: 10,000,000 Total Mintage: 90,016,000 |
| Two Shillings 1949 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - King's Norton Metal Co.: 7,576,000 - Birmingham Mint: 7,500,000 Total Mintage: 15,076,000 |
| One Cent 1950 |  |
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Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 50,000 |
| Five Cents 1950 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 225,000 |
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| Threepence 1950 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 450,000 |
| One Cent 1951 |
Material: Bronze Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
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| One Shilling 1951 |  |
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Material: Tin Brass Mints: - Royal Mint: 35,346,142 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 16,832,000 - Birmingham Mint: 10,000,000 Total Mintage: 62,178,142 |
| Two Shillings 1951 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Birmingham Mint Mintage: 6,566,000 |
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| Twenty Five Cents 1952 |  |
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Material: CuproNickel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 75,000 |
| Five Cents 1952 |
Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 100,000 |
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| One Shilling 1952 |  |
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Material: Tin Brass Mints: - Royal Mint: 98,653,858 - Birmingham Mint: 44,096,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 41,652,687 Total Mintage: 184,402,545 |
| Two Shillings 1952 |
Material: Nickel Brass Mints: - Birmingham Mint: 4,410,000 - King's Norton Metal Co.: 1,236,000 Total Mintage: 5,646,000 |
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| Sixpence 1952 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 2,544,000 |
| Threepence 1952 |  |
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Material: Nickel Brass (Neusilber) Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 400,000 |
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King George VI - Crowned Head, by Percy Metcalfe: Details
| Year | 1937 |
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| Personal Information | King George VI of the United Kingdom |
King George VI - Crowned Head, by Percy Metcalfe: Photos
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Proof Coin - Florin (2 Shillings), Fiji, 1937
Copyright: Museum Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair Notes: Silver. Source |
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Proof Coin - 5 Cents, British Honduras (Belize), 1949
Copyright: Museum Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair Notes: Nickel brass. Source |
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Cyprus 1949 1/2 Piastres
Copyright: smarty_marty24 Notes: Bronze. Source |
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