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Title: "English" shilling
Date: 1949
Object Name: coin
Classification: European
Culture(s):
British
Mint: Europe, England, Great Britain
Technique: struck
Medium: cupro-nickel
Dimensions: Coin: 24 mm, 12 O'Clock, 5.6 g (15/16 in., 12 O'Clock, 0.2 oz.)
Subject/Image: Reverse: Lion standing left on crown
Subject/Image: Obverse: Male head left king George VI
Inscription: Reverse: FID DEF 1949 ONE SHILLING
Inscription: Obverse: GEORGIVS VI DG BR OMN REX
Description: Head of George VI left, bare. Inscription around. Artist's initial's HP under truncation/ Crowned lion standing left on large crown. Date across field left and right.
Accession Number: NG.1994.4.590