Legend (): GEORGIVS VI: D: G: BR: OMN: REX FIDEI DEF Reverse. Wheat Stalk and Ribbon Device – George Kruger Gray. Legend: Australia Threepence. Composition. % Silver, % Copper (India became an independent nation in ) and the REX:F:D expanded to REX FIDEI DEF. Four different reverses The sixpence, known colloquially as the tanner or half-shilling, was a British pre-decimal coin worth six pence, 1/40th of a pound sterling. In England, the first sixpences were struck in the reign of Edward VI in and continued until they were rendered obsolete by decimalisation in Along with the shilling (12 pennies) and the florin Great Britain Sixpence "George VI" - KM# Buy Sell Collection Swap Wish. Buy Now. Value $ - $ View similar-looking coins (2) Prices per year/grade. Obverse Head left. Lettering: GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX HP. Reverse Crowned monogram divides date. Lettering: FID∙DEF∙ ∙IND∙IMP *YE GRI AR* K∙G SIXPENCE. Extended GEORGIVS VI D-G-BR-OMN-REX, TWO SHILLING Lot of 6 Opens in a new window or tab. C $ Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. Buy It Now. karenladybug (1,) %. World War II Medal GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX ET INDIAE IMP Rare WWII. Opens in a new window or tab. C $ Top Rated Seller Top After the Great Recoinage of England's money in the shilling was standardized with a weight of grams and a diameter of 24 mm. In , along with other national coins, the silver content was reduced from % (sterling) to 50%, and in to pure cupro-nickel. The shilling coin issued in most of the 20th century was virtually The obverse shows the left-facing effigy of the king inscribed GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX, while the reverse shows a crowned rose flanked by a thistle and shamrock, with G below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription FID DEF IND IMP TWO SHILLINGS date until , and without the IND IMP from The metal content was
Great Britain Half Crown "George VI" 1947 - 1948 KM# 866
The "BR OMN" part is sometimes translated as "of all the Britons" (people), similar to how earlier monarchs were styled kings "of the English"; however, this can only be said of a title like "BRIT REX" - King of the British - which implies "all the British". In , a book by C. W. Dilke popularised the phrase "Greater Britain" to mean Britain and all its colonies Around, part of the the monarch's legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX, which is an abbreviation from GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX; translated from Latin, it means "George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains". The rest of the legend is on the reverse. GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: UK halfpenny value, George VI. UK coin values - to United States coin values - to present. Declan Magee Coins. All Coin Values. UK coin values - to Australian predecimal coin values. New Zealand predecimal coin values. UK coin values - to 18 Country: United Kingdom - King George VI (King: & Emperor of India from until ) Type: Standard circulation coin. Year: () Value: 2 Buy One Shilling "Scottish crest" (GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX HP FID:DEF∙IND:IMP 19 K G ONE∙SHILLING) KM# Lettering: GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX HP. Reverse Scottish crest, lion seated atop crown holding sword and scepter divides date, shields flank General Information. List of Legends on Coins. GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX. Information about legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX. GEORGIVS VI D: G
1948 UK florin value, George VI - AllCoinValues.com
Portrait of King George VI facing left, engraver's initials under truncation. Script: Latin. Lettering: GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX FIDEI DEF. HP. Unabridged legend: GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR. Translation: George VI by the Grace of God, King of all the British territories, Defender of War Medal - War Medal - Description: 36 mm diameter in Cupro-nickel 1, obverse depicts the crowned head of King George VI with the legend GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP. The reverse shows a victorious lion standing on a defeated two headed dragon (the axis powers) with the dates above Values, images, and specifications for sixpence coins from the United Kingdom. Australian coin and banknote values New Zealand predecimal coin values UK coin values - to King George VI facing left, with the legend: 'GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX' images courtesy of Narracan Coins. Notes: Monarch: King George