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Object name(s):
sixpence; coin; currency
Brief description:
George VI sixpence, 1949
Collection:
The Royal Mint Museum
Associated person:
George VI
Person's association:
ruler
Associated place:
United Kingdom
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
g
Dimension value:
2.82
Inscription content:
Inscription description:
uncrowned portrait of George VI to left
Inscription description:
Royal Cypher
Inscription position:
obverse
Inscription position:
reverse
Inscription transliteration:
GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX · FID DEF · · SIXPENCE · 1949
Material:
cupro-nickel
Object name:
sixpence; coin; currency
Object number:
RMM 8221
Object production date:
1949
Object production organisation:
Tower Hill
Organisation's association:
mint
Object production person:
Paget, Thomas Humphrey
Person's association:
obverse designer
Person's association:
reverse designer
Other number:
ESC 4255
Other number type:
Standard reference
Other number type:
Specimen reference
Other number type:
Archive reference
Other number:
Royal Mint File 7/MUS/029/0012
Other number type:
Standard reference
Other number type:
Specimen reference
Other number type:
Archive reference
Technical attribute measurement:
Edge
Technical attribute measurement unit:
milled
Technical attribute measurement:
Die axis
Technical attribute measurement unit:
360

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/066b5530-83a8-3431-98ad-084344ccd560

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/066b5530-83a8-3431-98ad-084344ccd560, The Royal Mint Museum, CC BY

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