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Started by ghipszky, May 14, 2017, 08:41:44 PM

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ghipszky

I would like to know more about the reverse sides of this coin.
Ginger

FosseWay

This is also a Scottish shilling of George VI, similar to your second one. But this one (issued 1949-51) is from after India gained independence, and therefore IND(iae) IMP(erator) (Emperor of India) has been removed.

India gained independence on 15 August 1947. It has always been a source of mystery to me why 1948 coins continued to carry the old title. Was it just ostrich syndrome, with the imperial functionaries failing to accept reality, or was there a good reason for the delay?

Figleaf

Or maybe it was the continuation of a feudal tradition, where noble houses kept titles long after they had lost the lands attached to the title. Two examples. The kings of Spain carried on using the title duke of Burgundy long after Burgundy had become part of France and English kings proclaimed themselves king of France while they lost practically all of their French lands in the 100 years war.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

FosseWay

Quote from: Figleaf on May 15, 2017, 10:55:52 PM
Or maybe it was the continuation of a feudal tradition, where noble houses kept titles long after they had lost the lands attached to the title. Two examples. The kings of Spain carried on using the title duke of Burgundy long after Burgundy had become part of France and English kings proclaimed themselves king of France while they lost practically all of their French lands in the 100 years war.

Peter

If it was still an official title, it would surely still have been used on those Dominion coins that had carried it previously (Canada, Australia, New Zealand). On many such coins, the change occurs already in 1948.